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Because the marketplace is more efficient at directing the funding. I’m not a cheerleader for capitalism either, but it does work better sometimes.
by chuckadams 2y ago
Because the marketplace is more efficient at directing the funding. I’m not a cheerleader for capitalism either, but it does work better sometimes.
- ikiris 2y agoIf by more efficient, you mean more efficiently switching to stock buybacks to pad owner pockets outside of tax consequences.
- typon 2y agoBasically ALL the important inventions and scientific discoveries have been made at publicly funded universities.
- chuckadams 2y agoNote the title of the article. Now look up where the transistor was invented. And the laser. And photovoltaic cells. I like public research too, I think there should be a hell of a lot more of it. It just isn't the only viable player.