J. Storrs Hall: “A survey and analysis performed by the OECD in 2005 found, to their surprise, that while private R&D had a positive 0.26 correlation with economic growth, government funded R&D had a negative 0.37 correlation!”https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-wheres-my-flying …
But it's axiomatically impossible for the government to fund anything. You've just outed yourself as a cop, nick.