Most people are rationally ignorant about regulatory details because they can only be informed about a small number of things—mainly what helps them make a living or what they enjoy—so they don't follow amendments to the Clean Air Act, which is why bootlegger-Baptist coalitions can succeed.

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Bruce Yandle

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we can only be ined about a small number of things the things that help us make a Liv or things that we enjoy doing in our personal lives and and most of us are not following amendments to the Clean Air Act

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Bruce Yandle on Bootleggers and BaptistsAnkeborgsAnkdamm
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:30 AM

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