Bruce Yandle (born August 12, 1933) is Dean Emeritus of

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's College of Business and Behavioral Science and Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics

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at Clemson. He is a Distinguished

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at the

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, a faculty member with

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's Capitol Hill Campus, and a Senior Fellow with the

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(PERC). He has served as executive director of the

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, and served as senior economist on the President's

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from 1976 to 1978.

Biography

Yandle received his bachelor's degree from Mercer University and his

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and

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from

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. His main research interests are public choice, regulation, and

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. He has been president of the

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, member and chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Economic Advisors, and member and chairman of the

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board of trustees. He produces a quarterly newsletter on the economy distributed by George Mason University's Mercatus Center. He was the first to put forth the story of the bootlegger and the Baptist, which describes how economic and ethical interests ally with one another to promote

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, even though the two groups would never agree or collaborate otherwise. Prior to starting his career in academia, he had a fifteen-year career in the industrial machinery business. He lives with his wife in

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Publications

* ''Bootleggers and Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics'' * ''Taking the Environment Seriously'' * ''The Political Limits of Environmental Regulation: Tracking the Unicorn'' * ''Land Rights'' * ''Common Law and Common Sense for the Environment'' * ''Regulation by Litigation''

External links

Profile at Mercatus

Profile at PERC

Yandle 2008 economic forecast
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yandle, Bruce Public choice theorists 1933 births Living people Mercer University alumni Clemson University faculty Georgia State University alumni American economists American non-fiction environmental writers American political writers American male non-fiction writers Mercatus Center