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:

https://www.propublica.org/article/big-pharma-quietly-enlists-leading-professors-to-justify-1000-per-day-drugs

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.

This is why you don't put Christian Evangelicals in charge

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01397-1

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-doe-office-science-face-deep-cuts-trumps-first-budget

https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/06/10/proposed-nasa-budget-cuts-impact/