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A quick glance on who Isaac Newton is tells me all I need to know about these pieces. Physics @ Trinity College @ Royal Society

Various memberships at pro Science institutions

Expect inertia narratives, gravity dogmas and... wait, do you believe economics science is pro lobbying?

You do realize that Luis Garicano was an MEP who was the vice-chair of the RenewEurope [0] coalition and is a member of the pro-EU think tanks CEPR [1] and Bruegel [2] right?

If there is an academic you want to listen to in order to understand how to better reform the EU's institutions, it's definitely Luis.

[0] - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197554/LUIS_GARICANO/...

[1] - https://cepr.org/about/people/luis-garicano

[2] - https://www.bruegel.org/people/luis-garicano

A person who chooses to evaluate all ideas by way of their source tells me all I need to know about their opinion.

What a small and dreary way to look at the world

The biography of the author is interesting and relevant, but hardly all that matters about this or any other writing.