
What happens when we gut federal science funding?

“New ideas no longer fuel American science the way they once did,”
Ezra Klein • Abundance

Most scientists strongly favor more research funding. They like to portray science in a positive light, emphasizing benefits and minimizing negatives. While understandable, the evidence is that science has slowed enormously per dollar or hour spent. That evidence demands a large-scale institutional response. It should be a major subject in public p... See more