During the battle for healthcare reform, for instance, reformers were able to pass legislation only with a relatively high degree of cooperation from powerful vested interests, and the reform itself amounted to a reorganization of existing submerged policies rather than their elimination. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
Sociologists are always in danger of being seen as paranoids, all the more so when they oppose powerful vested interests. (nplusonemag.com)
Whenever the findings of science have found themselves on a collision course with powerful vested interests, unfortunately those interests have seen the need to try to discredit the science. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)