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Bootleggers and Baptists

A picture of buildings at a U.S. Steel plant | Kyodo/Newscom

steel industry

Bootleggers and Baptists in the U.S. Steel Deal

Progressives and environmental groups have teamed up with a rival steelmaker to lobby against the U.S. Steel deal.

Eric Boehm | 12.31.2024 2:50 PM

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Prohibition

Beer Lobby Wants Restrictions and Higher Taxes on Intoxicating Hemp Products

The proposal brings to mind the classic "bootleggers and Baptists" theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance.

Joe Lancaster | 11.20.2024 1:55 PM

Regulation

Baptists, Bootleggers, and IVF in Alabama

Did the Alabama legislature's response to a controversial state supreme court decision give a special interest special treatment?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.7.2024 11:12 AM

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AirBnb

After Cracking Down on Airbnb, New York City Comes After Traditional Hotels

New York City's new zoning ordinance would give the city an effective veto over proposed hotel projects in much of the city.

Christian Britschgi | 11.27.2018 6:05 PM

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Nanny State

Taxing Away Sweet Drinks: Plenty of Baptists, But No Bootleggers

Soda tax moralizers are easy to find, but where are our sweetened-beverage bootleggers?

Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle | 11.27.2014 4:30 PM

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Bootleggers and Baptists

Watch This: FSU Student's Film Shows Craziness of Craft Beer Laws in 'A Story So True, It's Stupid'

Robby Soave | 8.13.2014 12:47 PM

Politics

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Boston Restaurateurs Support Happy Hour Ban

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.24.2012 12:45 PM

Politics

Warren Buffett: Baptist and Bootlegger

How America's favorite billionaire plays politics to make money

Peter Schweizer | 2.9.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

RFK Jr., Green Energy Boondoggles, & Socialism for the Rich

Nick Gillespie | 11.30.2011 8:54 AM

Policy

"Baptists and Stoners" Unite

Damon Root | 7.21.2010 4:56 PM

Science & Technology

The Baptist and the Bootlegger

An unlikely coalition for climate control

Ronald Bailey | 11.16.2006 1:32 PM

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