> The OECD's total GDP per year is ~50 trillion. So 1 percent is roughly 500 Bn on research.
Is the number big because percent or absolute value? I'm just trying to figure out what you were trying to communicate here.
> have you ever seen places offer part time work for something and then allow people to research what they want in the other time ?
This is what academia is sold as. I mean I can go make 3x as much money in industry as academia. I'm saying I'm not going to take that pay cut to not have the freedom. I would though if it gave the freedom.
It's a large absolute value. That kind of money is going to come with accountability which is where many of the issues do start.
Presumably it's hard to get part time work that pays that well. That is also a catch.
But if you're getting 3 times the salary if you could work 2 days a week in industry you'd make more than academia and have freedom for the rest of the week.
