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What Would It Take To Recreate Bell Labs? (hackaday.com)
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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And, at least from what I recall, the incentive for bell to toss that excess money into research, is the corporate tax rates were so high it would've been taken from them if not spent anyway.