Science-Mart: Privatizing American Science

Philip Mirowski

Harvard University Press, 2011 - Science - 462 pages

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.

About the author

Philip Mirowski is Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Science-Mart: Privatizing American Science
• Author: Philip Mirowski
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0674046463, 9780674046467
• Length: 462 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic History; History / Modern / 20th Century / General; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects