Our friends Meghna Chakrabarti and Anthony Brooks of the WBUR program Radio Boston, featured a compelling discussion with Phillip Mirowski
yesterday. Mirowski is professor of economics and the history and
philosophy of science at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Science Mart — Privatizing American Science.
"Science is always organized by somebody," Mirwoski says. Today science
is largely organized by the private sector. And that has Mirowski
concerned that innovation is being squelched. He cites "patent
degradation" as but one of the results of market-driven science
research. Take a listen and see if you find the argument compelling. Click here.
Posted
09-29-2011 10:47 AM
by
Graham Griffith