Some bans framed as 'do-goodism' are actually bootleggers-and-Baptists arrangements where a self-interested party cloaks its agenda in kindness, as Munger suggests is true for opposition to Walmart.

causalpending

Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

it's a bootleggers and Baptists argument it's somebody pushing their own self-interest cloaking it in in in kindness

Source

Mike Munger on Exchange, Exploitation and Euvoluntary Transactions 06/20/2011EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:09:19 AM

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