Science Bought and Sold: Essays in the Economics of Science

Author:   Philip Mirowski ,  Esther-Mirjam Sent
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
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9780226538570


Pages:   580
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Format:   Paperback
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A serious reconsideration of the 'economics of science' is long overdue, say Philip Mirowski and Esther-Mirjam Sent in the introduction to Science Bought and Sold. Indeed, it is only recently that one could speak of a field of economics of science at all. Although it has long been accepted that economics can provide useful tools with which to understand science, economics has only lately shifted its focus to the economic agent as information processor, making it more broadly applicable to science. Bringing together central themes in this emerging discipline, the editors have assembled important articles that provide a wider context and background against which the economics of science can be evaluated. Roughly one-third of the essays presented here are original papers, and the rest are critical articles previously published in the field. From essays examining economic welfare to the idea of scientists as agents to the digital aspects of higher education,Science Bought and Sold presents a comprehensive overview of the new directions of this expanding area. Contributors: Kenneth J. Arrow Mario Biagioli William A. Brock Michel Callon Partha Dasgupta Paul A. David Steven N. Durlauf Paul Forman Steve Fuller D. Wade Hands Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap Philip Kitcher Sharon G. Levin Richard R. Nelson David F. Noble Michael Polanyi Gary Rhoades Charles Sanders Peirce Sheila Slaughter Paula E. Stephan Stephen Turner James R. Wible John Ziman

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Author:   Philip Mirowski ,  Esther-Mirjam Sent
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9780226538570


ISBN 10:   0226538575
Pages:   580
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Philip Mirowski is the Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science and fellow of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. Esther-Mirjam Sent is associate professor in the Department of Economics and faculty fellow of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame.

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