The Modern Commercialization of Science is a Passel of Ponzi Schemes

被引:17
作者
Mirowski, Philip [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
关键词
Biotechnology; Technology Transfer; Commercialization of Science; Commercial Bibliometrics; AMERICAN PHYSICISTS; UNIVERSITIES; REVOLUTION; MYTH;
D O I
10.1080/02691728.2012.697210
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
A wide array of phenomena lumped together under the rubric of the "commercialization of science," the "commodification of research," and the " marketplace of ideas" are both figuratively and literally Ponzi schemes. This thesis grows out of my experience of working on two concurrent projects: the first, an attempt to understand the forces behind the progressive commercialization of science; and the second, when it dawned upon me that the financial crisis then unfolding was resulting in the deepest worldwide economic contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This lecture explores the parallels in three different areas: the biotech sector, technology transfer offices at major universities, and possible decline of numbers of American-authored papers in major science journals.
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页码:285 / 310
页数:26
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