Target 23 of 31
Today’s target
ABOLISHNIH
National Institutes of Health
Billions in research grants, decided by committee.
Official story
What they claim to do
Funds medical research to improve health and save lives.
Ground truth
What they actually do
Distributes roughly $47 billion a year, mostly through grants chosen by peer-review panels, with a sizable share going to universities’ indirect costs. NIH-funded EcoHealth Alliance’s collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology drew a congressional investigation after COVID-19.
The libertarian case
Government grants follow committees and politics, not market signals, and they crowd out private and philanthropic funding that would answer to results. Let foundations, universities and companies compete for breakthroughs.
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