Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism

Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism

by Daniel S. Greenberg
ISBN-10:
0226306259
ISBN-13:
9780226306254
Pub. Date:
10/01/2007
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10:
0226306259
ISBN-13:
9780226306254
Pub. Date:
10/01/2007
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism

Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism

by Daniel S. Greenberg
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Overview

In recent years the news media have been awash in stories about increasingly close ties between college campuses and multimillion-dollar corporations. Our nation’s universities, the story goes, reap enormous windfalls patenting products of scientific research that have been primarily funded by taxpayers. Meanwhile, hoping for new streams of revenue from their innovations, the same universities are allowing their research—and their very principles—to become compromised by quests for profit. But is that really the case? Is money really hopelessly corrupting science?

With Science for Sale, acclaimed journalist Daniel S. Greenberg reveals that campus capitalism is more complicated—and less profitable—than media reports would suggest. While universities seek out corporate funding, news stories rarely note that those industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds. Also, while many universities have set up technology transfer offices to pursue profits through patents, many of those offices have been financial busts. Meanwhile, science is showing signs of providing its own solutions, as highly publicized misdeeds in pursuit of profits have provoked promising countermeasures within the field.

But just because the threat is overhyped, Greenberg argues, doesn’t mean that there’s no danger. From research that has shifted overseas so corporations can avoid regulations to conflicts of interest in scientific publishing, the temptations of money will always be a threat, and they can only be countered through the vigilance of scientists, the press, and the public. 

Based on extensive, candid interviews with scientists and administrators, Science for Sale will be indispensable to anyone who cares about the future of scientific research.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780226306254
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/01/2007
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Daniel S. Greenberg is a journalist who has written extensively on science and health politics. He is the author of Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion and The Politics of Pure Science, the former published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

A Background Note and Acknowledgments         
Introduction
 
Part One: The Setting and the System
1          Money for Science: Never Enough 
2          Elusive Industrial Angels     
3          Commercialize! It’s the Law
4          Changing Attitudes  
5          The Price of Profits   
6          Conflicts and Interests          
7          A New Regime          
 
Part Two: As Seen from the Inside—Six Conversations
8          Success and Remorse           
9          A Congenial Partnership     
10        When the Rules Change in Midstream       
11        Profits and Principles           
12        Generations Apart    
13        The Journals Revolt   
 
Part Three: Fixing the System
14        What’s Right and Wrong, and How to Make It Better     

List of Abbreviations
Appendix: Statistical Data   
Notes 
Index
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