Origins of the National (Military) Science Foundation

Peter Klein, Revisionist History of War Conference, 2025

Tags: Politics, War and Foreign Policy

05/19/2025 Peter G. Klein

Does government-funded science drive progress or distort it? Peter Klein uncovers the hidden costs, cronyism, and political agendas behind the National Science Foundation and federal research funding.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 17, 2025.

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