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he who pays, owns. If a private fund 'grants' a donation to a university, it's naive to think there are no strings attached.

But, why would any university put itself in a position of dependence this easily?

Have universities always been a business in the United States?

Am I forgetting something?

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 9 months ago

It explains why the field of economics has basically been reduced to finding ways to defend trickle down policies and privatisation.

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