Science Bought and Sold

Essays in the Economics of Science

Philip Mirowski, Esther-Mirjam Sent

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University of Chicago Press
01 January 2002

Economics; Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues

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

Edited by: Philip Mirowski, Esther-Mirjam Sent
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9780226538570
ISBN 10: 0226538575
Pages: 580
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.