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{{DES | des = "The tobacco industry used a series of scientists in so-called ‘truth squads’ to deny the harmfulness of second-hand smoking.  Lesser known is how the industry handed out millions of dollars to a secret network of over 100 American economics professors, known as the "economists network".  The aim of the network was preventing the government imposing higher excise taxes on tobacco to cover social costs related to smoking. The economists were hired to spread economic doubt on the effectiveness of social cost related actions by the government." | show=}}
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In the next year (or so), I'll explore the network of 100+ American economists professors recruited by the Tobacco Industry

This posts lists all the different posts:
Introduction
A network led by a core group 
The activities of the core group and the full list of members
Tobaaco industry vs the social cost issue
The path towards the social cost strategy
Turning social cost in a lobbying strategy, the first research by the consultants (1979 - 1984)
Towards an operational social cost strategy - the 1984 Cigarette Excise Tax Plan
Setting up a network
Recruiting the economists through the personal network of the core members
Committee on Taxation and Economic Growth
Lobbyists or useful idiots ?
Activities of the economists network
Activities
Political hearings
Overview of testimony of Robert D. Tollison
Evaluating the economic witnesses
Side step: the scientific witness program
Savare gets audited
Training the economists
The industry keeps evaluating
Economic experts witness team orientation
Requesting an economist
Buying the economists names
Ryan C. Amacher
Economic Associations meetings
Overview of meetings
Presentations
Op-ed campaigns
Several op-ed rounds
Letters to senators
Tollison writes a letter
Robert D. Tollison writes pro-tobacco books
Robert D. Tollison writes pro-tobacco books (bis)
Robert D. Tollison writes more tobacco books
Promo-tours all over the USA
Buying positive book reviews
Even more pro-tobacco books
The last pro-tobacco book
The "scientific" output
PHASE I - II - III
More Corrections by the Tobacco Institute
Benefit-cost analysis of EPA's workplace smoking policies
SAMMEC II
The one where the industry knows the funced papers are flawed
Another example where the 'independent academics' allow the Tobacco Institute to alter the draft versions of their work
More tobacco publications
The end of the network
Towards the end of the network
Post 1998 tobacco output
How much did they earn ?
A secret network of lawyers. Different people, same dishonesty
Work for other tobacco companies
Tollison working for British American Tobacco
Robert D. Tollison working for Philip Morris
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