> See: the job market for hard sciences. I've often fantasized about the possibility of a deluge of rich philanthropists just up and deciding to establish inst

> See: the job market for hard sciences. I've often fantasized about the possibility of a deluge of rich philanthropists just up and deciding to establish institutes modeled after IAS, Boyce Thompson or HHMI Janelia en masse to soak up the excess scholars produced by universities (Boyce Thompson might be a bit of a black sheep in that list, but I include it anyways since it's technically independent to some degree). Unfortunately, I don't see that occurring within my lifetime. An expansion of gov't labs would have a similar effect, but that's a real stretch in these times.