The federal government gives 30 times as much research funding to universities as it did during the Cold War, adjusted for inflation. It gives almost three times as much as it did at the end of the Cold War.

Incredible chart from The New York Times. The federal government gives 30 times as much research funding to universities as it did during the Cold War, adjusted for inflation. It gives almost three times as much as it did at the end of the Cold War.

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