Science-Mart: Privatizing American Science

by Philip Mirowski

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This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II.

During the Cold War, the U.S. government amply funded basic research in science and medicine. Starting in the 1980s, however, this support began to decline and for-profit corporations became the largest funders of research. Philip Mirowski argues that a powerful neoliberal ideology promoted a radically different view of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674046463

ISBN13:9780674046467

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.95 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Business Business & Investing History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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