The end of the endless frontier? A warning on research cuts (Michael Feuer – Brookings)

For eight decades, bipartisan support for federally funded research has driven U.S. scientific leadership, economic growth, and life-saving innovation. Proposed cuts to university-based research threaten to undermine the very public-private partnerships that enabled breakthroughs like COVID-19 vaccines and clean energy technology. Despite claims that the private sector is more efficient at R&D, history shows that basic science—largely funded by the federal government—fuels the innovations that shape our modern world.

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