Project WET: Water Education for Teachers*

Project WET: Water Education for Teachers*

“Project WET’s mission is to reach children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education that promotes awareness of water and empowers community action to solve complex water issues.” Time spent on a North Dakota family farm made young Dennis Nelson acutely aware of water’s importance. His grandma’s farm was perched at […]

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 Bootleggers, Baptists, and Protectionists

Bootleggers, Baptists, and Protectionists

In 1983, Professor Bruce Yandle of Clemson provided an economic perspective on prohibition. His paper, “Bootleggers and Baptists: The Education of a Regulatory Economist,” described how an alliance of bootleggers and Baptists, who for quite different reasons, had incentives to seek restrictions on the Sunday sale of alcohol. Baptists sought moral improvement, while bootleggers supported […]

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