Kast Questions Spending on University Research and Says They Can End up in “a Beautiful Book,” but without Generating Jobs

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The president of Chile, José Antonio Kast, has charged against public funding for scientific research developed by universities and centers of study in the country. “Sometimes 100 million, 500 million, for research that ends in a precious book, tied, in the library. How many jobs did he generate? None, except for the people who dedicated a lot of time to the study. It can be a great study, but it did not translate into concrete work for people,”…