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Because we’ve spent most of the money to do it on a different approach to the same questions.
Reasonable theory, but ‘most of the money’? The LSAC will cost $20.2 million over 9 years. That’s about the cheapest government program I’ve ever heard of. If they were interested in the topic, there’s still plenty in the early childhood kitty.
Andrew, I thought that readers might be interested in a CSIRO Senior Economist job in Canberra, in the Land and Water Division:
http://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2007%2F280
The job looks very interesting and the pay is pretty nice ($99k – $149k p/a) too!