World War I turned Wilson not only against German militarism but against the structure of world politics and economics that the imperial struggle for colonies had sustained.
Education is not my area, but a knowledge of economics and industrial structure is something that I encounter all the time in teaching in such fields as regulated industries and antitrust law.
In principle, the tri-partite structure of three working groups encompassing basic science, adaptation and economics should produce a relatively coherent whole - more so, and with a more impressive imprimatur, than if each were assessed on its own, perhaps against the backdrop of turf wars.