Should the NIH Be Abolished?

Harvard professor Jeffrey Flier and historian of science Terence Kealey debate the resolution, “The National Institutes of Health should be abolished.”

For the affirmative is Kealey, former vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham. He’s the author of multiple books, including The Economic Laws of Scientific Research. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, where he co-authored the white paper “Mission Lost: How NIH Leaders Stole Its Promise to America.”

For the negative is Flier, the George Higginson professor of physiology and medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also a former clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health.

The debate is moderated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.

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