Overview of previous posts here
Economic associations meetings
Some of the
recruited economists had formal bonds with the Western Economic Association (Gary M. Anderson, Dwight R. Lee, Richard L. Stroup, Thomas Borcherding)
At least five
network economists at that point had formal bonds with the Southern Economic Association. Anno 2015, 3 of the 8 officers of the association were members
of the Social Cost Consultants network (Peter Boettke, Fred McChesney & Jeffrey Clark). Back in 1985, Robert D. Tollison, ringleader of the economist network, was elected president of the
Southern Economic Association. Consultant James Savarese saw the lobbying-potential, and
wrote this letter
Savarese's letters seem to imply the tobacco industry wrote material
subsequently presented by the economists as their original work.
Savarese's plan worked out, and the economists presented their anti-tax (read:
pro-tobacco) message during several conferences of economic associations They all knew their mission.
It is
impossible to claim the economists attending these conferences, 'understanding
their mission', and submitting their papers to the Tobacco Institute ‘for review in advance’ were
useful idiots. They were aware their mission was manipulating the conference
attendees.
In 1984, economists
received $2,000 for presenting a paper, the chairman and members of the panel
got $1,000. In 1991, the economists earned $5.000 per presentation
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