3 ms·Economics Has Its Big Tobacco Corruption Moment7 points by worik 2y agoggm 2y agoWhat a surprise: FAANG pay economists to snowshoe the regulators office with ostensibly independent academic reasons why the FAANG should not be regulated.eesmith 2y agoI was surprised that Ma Bell managed to change the focus of the Harvard history department.ggm 2y agoHistory department not archaeology!eesmith 2y ago.... sure. And not the astronomy department either. Neither departments studied areas like political economy which would affect Ma Bell's monopoly.