Pluralistic: Academic economists get big payouts when they help monopolists beat antitrust (25 Sep 2024)

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Academic economists get big payouts when they help monopolists beat antitrust: Big Tobacco's cancer denial playbook is alive and well.
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Pluralistic: Greenwashing set Canada on fire (16 Sept 2023)

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Greenwashing set Canada on fire: A generation of idealistic Canadian kids broke their backs every summer "planting thousands of blowtorches a day."
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Pluralistic: 13 Sep 2020

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How the Attack Surface audiobook can reform Audible: Pebbles R Us.
How to buy doubt: The Koch brothers vs reality's left-wing bias.
Mr Gotcha v covid: We should improve public health somewhat.
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