# Barry Meier
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barry meier (writer) is a writer and former New York Times journalist who wrote the 2003 non-fiction book Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death. His articles "have led to Congressional hearings and changes in federal laws".
== Education ==
Meier studied at Syracuse University.
How the Opioid Crisis Started
Prosecutors, seeking to hold someone accountable for the opioid epidemic, have been targeting doctors, dealers and users themselves. But those who made billions of dollars from sales of OxyContin, a painkiller at the center of the crisis, have gone largely unpunished. Guest: Barry Meier, the author…
The Opioid Narratives
Purdue Pharma has settled a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma for $270 million, a larger figure than two other cases the company has settled with other states. In doing so, the company also avoided a televised trial in May at a time when there's been growing public pressure on Purdue and its owner…
Under the Influence
As the opioid crisis in America rages, the government struggles to react. A look at how a 2016 bill weakened the Drug Enforcement Agency and why nobody noticed. Also, how painkillers took off in America, thanks to industry-sponsored junk science; the power of addict death notices to spread understa…
Episode 532: Barry Meier Likes to be Open to Surprises
"You never know what insight or information you're going to glean from someone, and so I want to be open to surprises. And not have any preconceived notions of what, who this person is, what they're going to tell me, imposing my own values, beliefs, whatever on them, because it's all a discovery," …
EP 133: BLIND READ — “You Can Run” by Barry Meier (Part I)
**WHAT HOOKED US: “When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime.”-The Atavist Mag…
EP 134: BLIND READ — “You Can Run” by Barry Meier (Part II)
⚠️ This one covers drug trafficking and substance abuse, plus the toll a life on the run took on two kids who never asked for any of it. Nothing violent, but still heavy in its own way.
We're back for the second half of You Can Run, and honestly the first half didn't even scratch the surface. Fake …
Cults
Dominic tries to convince Cassidy that cults are technically economics.
Ideas for future episodes? Email technicallyeconomics@gmail.com.
Mentioned:
Sacrifice and Stigma: Reducing Free-riding in Cults, Communes, and Other Collectives. Laurence R. Iannaccone, Journal of Political Economy
The Sicilia…
Barry Meier
Barry Meier (Spooked, Pain Killer) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and a former New York Times journalist. Barry joins the Armchair Expert to discuss investigating the opioid crisis, how Big Pharma played a role in perpetuating the problem, and the depths in which people will go to make money on…
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