I suspect we're looking at the exceptions here, not the rule. RAND--born at the beginning of the atomic era RAND was and still can be seen as an extension of t

I suspect we're looking at the exceptions here, not the rule. RAND--born at the beginning of the atomic era RAND was and still can be seen as an extension of the federal government that also does work for other clients. Project Air Force, RAND's first and still biggest component is the civilian counterpart to "tell the Air Force when they're plans are stupid". Bell Labs-- incubated at AT&T which enjoyed a near century long state granted monopoly in exchange for defense work and building out the national telephone infrastructure