It's simple - if the private labor market is failing to provide something, then the government needs to step in to make it happen. This could be via subsidies/g

It's simple - if the private labor market is failing to provide something, then the government needs to step in to make it happen. This could be via subsidies/grants, creation of research institutions (like the university in the article), and/or creation of state-owned enterprises. Unfortunately we've all been brainwashed by neoclassical economists and such to believe that free markets should dictate everything.