This is a textbook example of the industry narrative playbook in action, as outlined in this week's newsletter: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲.

This week, we dive into the narratives that corporations use to deflect responsibility of harm and convince policy makers not to regulate industry.

See the rest of the memes: tinyurl.com/4r52znhc
And check out the full deep dive: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p

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Our latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.

Sometimes the systems we operate in feel so heavy that we need a bit of comedic relief. That's why we dedicate the last Tuesday of every month to laughing at harmful commercial practices.

Read the full parody piece and let us know if you chuckle: www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/do-no-harm

Pollution, pesticides, and diet soda, oh my!

A Parkinson’s diagnosis raises a bigger question: how much of our health is shaped by unseen forces?

See how we connect a personal story to population-level risk.

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We dedicate the second Tuesday of each month to reimagining what's possible.

This week's piece explains why practitioners should integrate a commercial determinants lens into their work.
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/root-solutions-not-bandaids

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What the new Dietary Guidelines don’t say — and what industry has to do with it.

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🎉 It’s here: the first edition of Commercially Determined.

The opening issue introduces a predictable corporate playbook—10 tactics repeated across industries and geographies.

Check it out and subscribe.

www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/commercial...

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