It's important to double check things that "everyone knows to be true" by actually looking at the data. For example, people think indirect costs for publicly-funded research have exploded, when in fact they've been pretty stable over the last 40 years:
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Most people think “indirect costs” for government-funded scientific research have grown out of control (some universities charge >60% rates). In response, the Trump admin tried to cap them at 15%. But this whole debate rests on a false premise: While ***negotiated indirect cost rates*** have gone up over time, ***effective indirect cost rates*** — the overhead costs the government actually ends up paying for — have not. Here’s what the data shows…
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