Month: January 2008
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Big Business Is Even More Unpopular Than You Think
The U.S. public holds Big Business in shockingly low regard. A November 2007 Harris poll found that less than 15 percent of the population believes each of the following industries to be “generally honest and trustworthy:” tobacco companies (3 percent); oil companies (3 percent); managed care companies such as HMOs (5 percent); health insurance companies…
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The First Amendment Gone Wild: Big Pharma’s “Right” to Find Out What Doctors Are Prescribing
The founders of the United States took the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the concepts of free speech and freedom of conscience very seriously. “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech,” said Benjamin Franklin. “Information is the currency of democracy,” intoned Thomas Jefferson —…