> What are absolutely dismal are the conditions that make it a reasonable question
I'm a pretty free-market kinda guy, but all systems have flaws. Biotech and capitalism seem to have a fair few chasms between them, and this GS report illustrates one of them quite well. Capitalism is not a 'complete' theory, holes exist in it, as they do in all things. If anything, as the GP states, GS is pointing this one out. Suggestions for what to do about this 'hole in theory' are needed though; likely it's government funding (in a 'lighthouses' manner).
I'm a pretty free-market kinda guy, but all systems have flaws. Biotech and capitalism seem to have a fair few chasms between them, and this GS report illustrates one of them quite well. Capitalism is not a 'complete' theory, holes exist in it, as they do in all things. If anything, as the GP states, GS is pointing this one out. Suggestions for what to do about this 'hole in theory' are needed though; likely it's government funding (in a 'lighthouses' manner).