Someone has to do the research and "Big" whatever seems to be the ones with the money to do so. Ask yourself why this is so. Could it have to do with a reducti

Someone has to do the research and "Big" whatever seems to be the ones with the money to do so. Ask yourself why this is so. Could it have to do with a reduction in public investment in original research, or, alternatively, an overall reduction in investment in unencumbered research? Point being: this work used to get done by non-corporate scientists, too.