Regulation passes when moral advocates and the firms that profit from it lobby the same way for different reasons.
Yandle named it from Sunday closing laws, which Baptists wanted for morality and bootleggers wanted because Sunday was their best trading day. Neither coalition needs to know about the other.
In practice
- A ban on a chemical is supported by an environmental group on principle and by the incumbent manufacturer whose substitute is already licensed.
- Alcohol licensing hours are defended by a residents' association and by the two pubs that already hold late licences.
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