April, 2017
Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research
A Comment on Nicholas Rescher's 'Early Rand as a Talent Incubator'
Christopher Coyne
Associate Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Brittany Bills
PhD Fellow
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This paper focuses on some of the overlooked costs of war-related public research. We discuss two unseen consequences of war-related public science. The first is the distortionary effect of government-influenced research on academic disciplines. The second is the opportunity cost of the resources employed in public science.