My take is that this is a post-Environmental Decade phenomenon. David Vogel s article, published in 1983, covers a massive restructuring of the business sector in defense of its interests. Of course they stepped up lobbying, but they also set out to change public opinion
It’s an ecosystem with lots of causal factors. Business lobby got more traction in world where NYT DealBook replaced New York World targeting robber barons. And where FOIA subsidizes attacks on government while SEC filings are opaque.
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