The tobacco economists network - overview of chapters

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:

1. Introduction
2. A network led by a core group 
3. The activities of the core group and the full list of members

Tobaaco industry vs the social cost issue

1. The path towards the social cost strategy
2. Turning social cost in a lobbying strategy, the first research by the consultants (1979 - 1984)
3. Towards an operational social cost strategy - the 1984 Cigarette Excise Tax Plan

Setting up a network

1. Recruiting the economists through the personal network of the core members
2. Committee on Taxation and Economic Growth
3. Lobbyists or useful idiots ?

Activities of the economists network

1. Activities
2. Political hearings
3. Overview of testimony of Robert D. Tollison
4. Evaluating the economic witnesses
5. Side step: the scientific witness program
6. Savare gets audited
7. Training the economists
8. The industry keeps evaluating
9. Economic experts witness team orientation
10. Requesting an economist
11. Buying the economists names
12. Ryan C. Amacher
13. Economic Associations meetings
14. Overview of meetings
15. Presentations
16. Op-ed campaigns
17. Several op-ed rounds
18. Letters to senators
19. Tollison writes a letter
20. Robert D. Tollison writes pro-tobacco books
21. Robert D. Tollison writes pro-tobacco books (bis)
22. Robert D. Tollison writes more tobacco books
23. Promo-tours all over the USA
24. Buying positive book reviews
25. Even more pro-tobacco books
26. The last pro-tobacco book
27. The "scientific" output
28. PHASE I - II - III
29. More Corrections by the Tobacco Institute
30. Benefit-cost analysis of EPA's workplace smoking policies
31. SAMMEC II
32. The one where the industry knows the funced papers are flawed
33. Another example where the 'independent academics' allow the Tobacco Institute to alter the draft versions of their work
34. More tobacco publications

The end of the network

1. Towards the end of the network
2. Post 1998 tobacco output
3. How much did they earn ?
4. A secret network of lawyers. Different people, same dishonesty

Work for other tobacco companies

1. Tollison working for British American Tobacco
2. Robert D. Tollison working for Philip Morris

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A new path

1. Tim Hyde's cunning plan 

2. Working with Think tanks

3. The final turn in astroturfing

4. Philip Morris broadens the attack

5. The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition

6. The role of Terry L. Anderson

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The role of think tanks

1. The Independent Institute 
2. Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
3. Heartland Institute
4. Atlas Economic Research Foundation 
5. National Center for Policy Analysis

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1. Non-tobacco output