You may not agree with libertarians (I don't), but you don't have to strawman their positions to make your arguments.
@atduskgreg R&D broke bcos PhD Ponzi peak met 2000 crash in perfect storm. Add regulatory capture of funding agencies by tenured faculty
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@vgr Also drastic slashing of university budgets by tax-cutting state and federal governments helped kill longer-sighted research. -
@atduskgreg Gravy train for *everything* stopped with OPEC oil shocks, rise of Japan and Germany. R&D was protected longer than most things. - 2 more replies
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@vgr LOL. R&D winter began in the 70s when ARPA became DARPA. Ask Alan Kay. Fed R&D budget pays for military pork now. -
@atduskgreg It started then, but academia wasn't seriously hit until much later. PhD overproduction started around 92.
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