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The Research Boomerang
Doubling the budget of the National Institutes of Health during the Clinton and Bush administrations has had the curious effect of leading to less biomedical research.
The source: “Be Careful What You Wish For: A Cautionary Tale About Budget Doubling” by Richard B. Freeman and John Van Reenen, in Issues in Science and Technology, Fall 2008.
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Showdown at Dry Gulch
Geoff Manaugh examines a "historically important, well-timed, and memorable addition to the growing library of books about water and the West."Just Another Prescription
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