Science-Mart

Science-Mart
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 463
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ISBN-10 : 9780674061132
ISBN-13 : 0674061136
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Book Synopsis Science-Mart by : Philip Mirowski

Download or read book Science-Mart written by Philip Mirowski and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. Science-Mart attributes this decline to a powerful neoliberal ideology in the 1980s which saw the fruits of scientific investigation as commodities that could be monetized, rather than as a public good.


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