““the Olin Foundation underwrote 83 percent of the costs for all Law and Economics programs in American law schools between the years of 1985 and 1989. Overall, it scattered more than $10 million to Harvard, $7 million to Yale and Chicago, and over $2 million to Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, and the University of Virginia. Miller writes, “John Olin, in fact, was prouder of Law and Economics than any other program he supported.””
![“[My father] was also a lawyer in his bank and specialized in tax law. He would have to do the tax returns for all the Harvard profs because they were buffaloed by that kind of reasoning. Professors in the economics department, even they knew nothing about it.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2c6/paul-laffoley-7077_department_my-father-was-also-a-lawyer-in-his-bank_1083145.jpg)
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![“[The Kochs] they hate big government.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/758/jane-mayer-1031_big-government_the-kochs-they-hate-big-government-21587_215871.jpg)
