>Is there any good way to solve it that won't result in less valid science work getting funded? Bona fide science has peer review and falsifiability. Also impe

>Is there any good way to solve it that won't result in less valid science work getting funded? Bona fide science has peer review and falsifiability. Also imperfect, but nowhere nearly as commonly manipulated as is economics for hire by business interests and their think tanks. In fact, this seems like a good time to mention the only Senator I've ever seen in decades of observing politics who actively attacks this problem is Elizabeth Warren. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-elizabeth-warren-picked-a-fight-with-brookings--and-won/2015/09/29/bfe45276-66c7-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-elizabeth-warren...