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The Problem With Facts

By Tim Harford · Tim Harford · March 2017
The Problem With Facts
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"1. Just before Christmas 1953, the bosses of America’s leading tobacco companies met John Hill, the founder and chief executive of one of America’s leading public relations firms, Hill & Knowlton. Despite the impressive surroundings — the Plaza Hotel, overlooking Central Park in New York — the mood was one of crisis. Scientists were…"

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