Science Bought and Sold
Subtitle: Essays in the Economics of Science
Contributors: Philip Mirowski (Editor); Esther-Mirjam Sent (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780226538563
Subjects: Economics; Industry & Industrial Studies; Science: General Issues; Economics - General; Essays; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Essays; Science; Economic aspects; Research; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: ABSTRACT: This article describes the emerging bipartisan political coalition supporting commercial competitiveness as a rationale for research and development (R&amp;D), points to selected changes in legal and funding structures in the 1980s that stem from the success of the new political coalition and suggests some of the connections between these changes and academic science and technology, and examines the consequences of these changes for universities.
Description: From essays examining economic welfare to the idea of scientists as agents to the digital aspects of higher education, presents a comprehensive overview of the new directions of this expanding area.