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*Gordon Tullock, [[Arthur Seldon]], Gordon L. Brady, "Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice", ''Institute of Economic Affairs'', September 1, 2000, ISBN 0255364822

*Gordon Tullock, [[Arthur Seldon]], Gordon L. Brady, "Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice", ''Institute of Economic Affairs'', September 1, 2000, ISBN 0255364822

*Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, Gordon L. Brady, "Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice", ''[[Cato Institute]]'', June 2002, ISBN 1930865201 [http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=14&pid=1441049]

*Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, Gordon L. Brady, "Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice", ''[[Cato Institute]]'', June 2002, ISBN 1930865201 [http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=14&pid=1441049]

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==Documents & Timeline==

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<b>1994 Aug</b> A [[Alexis de Tocqueville]] report '''"The EPA and the Science of ETS"''' has been funded by the Tobacco Institute. The author was Adjunct Scholar  [[Kent Jeffreys]], and the senior reviewer was  [[S. Fred Singer]], a Professor of Environmental Science (on leave from the University of Virginia) and  a Senior Fellow at the  Institute.  The final report was scheduled to be complete mid-June and it would be entitled '''"Science and Environmentalism"'''.

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A confidential memo  by the president of the [[Tobacco Institute]], [[Samuel D. Chilcote, Jr.]], described how this secret tobacco-funded report was being used in legislative lobbying: <blockquote><I>This morning Reps. Peter Geren (D-TX) and John Mica (R-FL) held a press conference announcing the release of a study by the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] that evaluates the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) scientific principles used to justify policy decisions. Geren and Mica were joined by [[Cesar Conda]], executive director of the de Tocqueville Institution and coauthors Dr. [[S. Fred Singer]] and [[Kent Jeffreys]]." [http://tobaccodocuments.org/ti/TIMN0044655-4656.html?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION&?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION#images]

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"Press coverage included States News Service, Stephens Publishing and Cable Congress. Several congressional staffers also attended, copies of the Geren/Mica "Dear Colleague" letter, press release and the study are enclosed."

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[http://tobaccodocuments.org/ti/TIMN0044655-4656.html?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION&?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION#images]</i></blockquote>

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This report is part of a larger coordinated effort to blindside the EPA. A "panel of experts" was assembled to "peer-review" the report. Naturally the majority were people with identified links to tobacco-funded institutes and think tanks, and some who share the same small set of funders.

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'''Academic Advisory Board:'''

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* Dr. [[Gary M. Anderson|Gary Anderson]], Professor of '''Economics''', California State University-Northridge

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* Dr. [[Nancy Bord]] Visiting Scholar The [[Hoover Institution]] Stanford University

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* Dr. [[Gordon L. Brady]] Associate Professor and Director Environmental Studies Sweet Briar College

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* Dr. [[Jeff Ray Clark|Jeffrey Clark]] Professor of '''Economics''' University of Tennessee-Chattanoogna

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* Dr. [[Michael Darby]] Professor of '''Economics''' and Director [[John M. Olin Center for Policy]] University of California, Los Angeles

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* Dr. [[Robert Ekelund]] Lowder Eminent Scholar Auburn University

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* Dr. [[Michael Gough]] Project Director Congressional Office of Technology Assessment

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* Dr. [[William Hazeltine]] Environmental Consultant

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* Dr. [[Thomas Hopkins]] Gosnell Professor of '''Economics''' Rochester Institute of Technology

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* Dr. [[Dwight R. Lee]] Ramsey Professor of '''Economics''' University of Georgia

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* Dr. [[Michael Marlow]], Professor of '''Economics''', California State Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo

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* Dr. [[Thomas Gale Moore]] Senior Fellow The Hoover Institution Stanford University

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* Dr. [[Malcolm Ross]] Research Mineralogist U.S. Geological Survey

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* Dr. [[S. Fred Singer]] Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia and President [[Science and Environmental Policy Project]]

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* Dr. [[Gerhard Stohrer|Gerhard Stöhrer]] Director of Chemical Risk Program Science and Environmental Policy Project and former Department Head Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

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* Dr. [[Mark Thornton]] Professor of '''Economics''' Auburn University

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* Dr. [[Robert D. Tollison]] Duncan Black Professor of '''Economics''' and Director [[Center for the Study of Public Choice]] [[George Mason University]]

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* Dr. [[Richard Vedder]] Professor of '''Economics''' University of Ohio

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* Dr. [[Richard E. Wagner|Richard Wagner]] Professor of '''Economics''' and Chairman Department of '''Economics''' [[George Mason University]]

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'''Senior Staff and Contributing Associates'''<br>

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[[Rachael Applegate]],   [[Bruce Bartlett]],   [[Merrick Carey]],   [[Cesar Conda]],   [[Gregory Fossedal]],   [[Dave Juday]],   [[Felix Rouse]],   [[Aaron Stevens]]

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Ten of the 19 names of the Academic Advisory Board are members of the [[Cash for Comments Economists Network]].  At this time [[S. Fred Singer]] was a Senior Fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute, but they chose not to credit him with such close links.

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These attempt to link the tobacco industry's problems to arguments about climate change were part funded by the [[Olin Foundation]],  [[Koch Family Foundations]] and [[Scaife Foundations]].

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* 20 page Draft document sent to the Tobacco Institute [http://industrydocuments.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/nycb0047]

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* The  release about the final report (August 11 1994)  It is now an attack on "environmental regulation" -- ETS, radon, pesticides and agricultural regulation, and the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program ... and based, supposedly, on the quality of the science used by the EPA. [https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/jmjc0037]

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* The final report was called ''Science, Economics, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination.''' It had the approval of the [[Cash for Comments Economists Network]].  [http://industrydocuments.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/fpgg0124]

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