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Oliver Buchannon
Commercially Determined

How big business wreaks havoc on health and the environment and what to do about it

Solutions

Claiming Your Policy Power

Mar 10, 2026

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14 min read

Claiming Your Policy Power

5 Ways to Redress Harmful Industries' Corporate Political Activity

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Deep Dive

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Megaphones & Mufflers

Mar 3, 2026

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15 min read

Megaphones & Mufflers

How Harmful Industries Capture Policymaking to Stay Under-Regulated and Over-Subsidized

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Kidding not Kidding

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Scientists finally figured out how corporate executives sleep at night: On giant bags of money.

Feb 24, 2026

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2 min read

Scientists finally figured out how corporate executives sleep at night: On giant bags of money.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Researchers have long established that corporations are masters of political spin. Frequently, though, the claims prove to be deliberate lies that cause real harm. This phenomenon has had researchers around the world scratch their heads at the question of “how do corporate executives sleep at night?”

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Resistance

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Stealing Corporate Thunder
LockSimple

Feb 10, 2026

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14 min read

Stealing Corporate Thunder

A Guide to Prebunking and Debunking Commercial Disinformation in the Policy Space

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Deep Dive

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What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way

Feb 3, 2026

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16 min read

What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way

Industries' Narrative Playbook to Fight Regulations

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Laws

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United Nations passes Do No Harm business law. Half the global economy shuts down.

Jan 27, 2026

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3 min read

United Nations passes Do No Harm business law. Half the global economy shuts down.

In an unprecedented global move last month, the United Nations passed a law requiring all businesses to take on the medical field’s creed of: Do No Harm. This month, half the global economy shut down, showing the extent of harmful business activity in the world.

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Resistance

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Fighting Back Against Commercial Harms

Jan 13, 2026

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7 min read

Fighting Back Against Commercial Harms

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

Deep Dive

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It’s Time to Confront Business Harms

Jan 6, 2026

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10 min read

It’s Time to Confront Business Harms

An Introduction to Commercial Determinants

Commercially Determined
Commercially Determined

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