Unjerked E4 - Research and Development

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about Research and Development. Who funds it, and who does R&D? How do different countries approach it differently? Does it have any benefits for the greater economy? What about issues like corporate influence, P-hacking, and manipulated results? Like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Tunein, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, or Boomplay 3:58 Global R&D by region 6:04 R&D as percent of GDP by country 10:35 funding vs performing entites by country 14:53 NIH definition of basic research 22:35 Percent of government spending by category by country 27:22 Academic research source of funds by Country 30:30 History of R&D funding in USA 34:03 US funding performer categories 36:44 US funding source categories 37:30 US R&D by industry 37:57 R&D intensity by industry 39:00 Basic vs applied vs development trends 40:45 Agencies within the federal government 42:18 Subjects funded by the government 43:40 National endowments of arts and humanities 55:55 DARPA created the internet 56:01 NASA spinoffs 58:35 Correlation between R&D and growth 1:00:15 Negative result bias 1:01:34 Tobacco industry funding research 1:01:40 Sugar industry funding research 1:03:23 Alzheimer’s research fraud 1:0543 Journal article paywalls 1:08:34 History of peer review 1:10:17 Accuracy peer review vs preprint 1:10:53 Public peer review 1:13:04 Stanford fired 1:18:14 Extent of p-hacking 1:24:11 Amazon 2022 expenses Did you like this episode? Follow the Unjerked Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever podcasts are played, so you won't miss a new one.