I did some research. Tomas Philipson describes himself as a professor at the University of Chicago.
https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/tomas-philipson
From what I understand, he has many research papers to his name.
But his arguments were incredibly dishonest. So I just kept doing research.
And then I found it. The smoking gun.
This guy is actually a paid corporate lobbyist:
Conclusion: Never trust any “expert” without doing research on serious websites.
I want to thank the fantastic journalists at ProPublica.
Fuck Tomas Philipson. Shame on you.
Following in the footsteps of Milton Friedman, I see
Least libertarian UChicago economist.
So much of UChicago faculty is like this. As starting point, look up the Chicago Boys and what they did to Chile. Their reforms were what inspired Reagan and Thatcher.
Chicago Boys - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Boys
Good for you on the digging!
Around 2004 I was sucked in on the “global warming fake” propaganda. Then I looked a little closer. Most of what I was reading was by the same guy. Well, who is this guy? Fossil fuel lobbyist.
And do not be fooled by your own sources! The left isn’t as good at straight bullshit, but it exists, you must be wary.
Fuck those oligarch proxies.
Raising drug prices for ordinary folks? Our “Christian” government might like that idea!
