The Bootleggers and Baptists theory belongs to positive economics—an attempt to explain and predict what actually happens in political decision-making—rather than normative economics that preaches for a competitive world or a preferred outcome.

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Bruce Yandle

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the boot Le and Baptist Theory rest rests out there in an attemp to try to explain what's going... to predict what going to happen as opposed to the other time in our lives when... we preaching for a competitive world

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

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