Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Feature Essay: The Second Baptist Syndrome

Feature Essay: The Second Baptist Syndrome

How behavioral experts provide deep cover for political opportunists

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Adam C. Smith
Jul 25, 2021
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Feature Essay: The Second Baptist Syndrome
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In their masterful new book, Escaping Paternalism, economists Glen Whitman and Mario Rizzo present an exhaustive treatment of behavioral economics, a newish subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology. This approach has produced a number of bestselling books, multiple Nobel Prize winners, and exerts considerable influence on current…

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