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/