Bootleggers and Baptists
Posted by John Willis on June 21, 2010 in Commentary, Video
While serving as the Executive Director of the Federal Trade Commission during the Reagan years, Bruce Yandle developed a theoretical framework he called “bootleggers and Baptists” to help make sense of regulatory dynamics. As the old story goes, when Baptists lobby for dry Sundays, it’s the bootleggers who benefit. Yandle’s insight was to point out [...]
Is the Tea Party Movement Racist?
Posted by John Willis on May 6, 2010 in Commentary, Video
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the Tea Party movement is “struggling to overcome accusations of racism,” some of which has been perpetuated in its editorial pages. Yesterday’s New York Times, home to the most obsessively anti-Tea Party editorial page in America, was stunned to discover that “at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress [...]
Steven Greenhut on Public Employee Paychecks, Perks, and Plunder
Steven Greenhut, Editor in Chief of CalWatchdog.com and author of the new book, Plunder! How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation sat down with Reason.tv’s Ted Balaker to discuss the widening gap between public and private sector employment.
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