The problem is not discretionary spending like R&D.  The problem is Medicare.

 

 

From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Pieter Steenekamp
Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2025 11:07 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

 

>From U.S. competitiveness, science funding and oil exploration boosting , I 
>wish to add spiralling debt that might just crash the party — uninvited. With 
>total debt racing toward $40 trillion and growing by $2 trillion a year, 
>something’s bound to snap. Back in the Clinton days, Al Gore helped cut 
>wasteful spending, and they nearly balanced the budget. But then Bush heard, 
>“Deficits don’t matter,” and took it to heart. Since then, it’s been a 
>downhill ride, with Biden making new records — just not the good kind.

I’m not American, but if I were, I’d be searching for the receipt to return 
this mountain of debt before the whole system collapses. Might be time to hit 
the brakes. Betting on a bankrupt country to stay competitive doesn’t seem like 
a smart move.

 

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 at 23:56, Santafe <desm...@santafe.edu 
<mailto:desm...@santafe.edu> > wrote:

Thanks for these, Marcus,

 

Eric

 





On Feb 8, 2025, at 12:44, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com 
<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote:

 

From Copilot.  (Of course, this is prior to Trump 2.0.)

Here's the updated table with science funding as a percentage of GDP, including 
health research budgets (like the NIH), fundamental research (like the DOE 
Office of Science and NSF), and defense-related research (like IARPA, DARPA, 
and nuclear weapons), along with the complete footnotes:


Country

Total R&D Spending (% of GDP)

Health Research (% of GDP)

Fundamental Research (% of GDP)

Defense-Related Research (% of GDP)


Israel

4.9%

1.0%

2.0%

1.9%


South Korea

4.5%

0.9%

2.2%

1.4%


Sweden

3.4%

0.7%

1.7%

1.0%


Germany

3.1%

0.6%

1.5%

1.0%


Denmark

2.9%

0.6%

1.5%

0.8%


United States

2.8%

0.6%

1.4%

0.8%


France

2.2%

0.4%

1.1%

0.7%


China

2.2%

0.4%

1.1%

0.7%


Saudi Arabia

1.0%

0.2%

0.5%

0.3%


United Kingdom

1.7%

0.3%

0.9%

0.5%


UAE

1.3%

0.3%

0.7%

0.3%


India

0.7%

0.1%

0.4%

0.2%


Chile

0.6%

0.1%

0.3%

0.2%


Argentina

0.5%

0.1%

0.3%

0.1%


Uruguay

0.4%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%


Kazakhstan

0.2%

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%


Uganda

0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

These values are estimates based on available data and may vary slightly 
depending on the source.

1.      List of sovereign states by research and development spending - This 
source provides information on R&D spending by country, including data from the 
World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the Organisation 
for Economic Co-operation and Development.
2.      R&D expenditure by country 2022 - This source from Statista provides 
detailed statistics on R&D spending by country, including health and technology 
sectors.
3.      How much does your country invest in R&D? - This UNESCO source provides 
data on R&D spending as a percentage of GDP and in purchasing power parity 
dollars.
4.      Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2024 - This 
Congressional Research Service report provides detailed information on federal 
R&D funding in the United States, including breakdowns by health, fundamental 
research, and defense-related research.
5.      Federal R&D Funding, by Budget Function 2023-2025 - This National 
Science Foundation source provides data on federal budget authority for R&D by 
functional categories and agency.
6.      Federal Research and Development R&D Funding: FY2023 - This 
Congressional Research Service report provides additional information on 
federal R&D funding in the United States.

 

 

From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com> > on 
behalf of Santafe <desm...@santafe.edu <mailto:desm...@santafe.edu> >
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com 
<mailto:friam@redfish.com> >
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

Would be interesting to see a list of various categories of science funding per 
capita or per GDP for countries around the world.  Situate the prospective US 
in this list.  Will our society be like that of Kazakhstan?  Or maybe like 
Uganda?  Probably well below Uruguay or Argentina or Chile.  

 

Want a direct visual image that can be delivered, about the style of day-to-day 
life that the mob is requesting for itself.

 

 

On Feb 7, 2025, at 22:34, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com 
<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote:

 

 
<https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/new-nih-policy-will-slash-support-money-to-research-universities/>
 
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/new-nih-policy-will-slash-support-money-to-research-universities/
 
<https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/>
 
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/

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