Reposted by Art Pericles
new preprint: The Public Interest in Private Science. It explores how government grants & contracts became central ways to fund scientific research; argues that these agreements fail to effectively protect either scientific independence or the public interest; & sketches a few possible reforms
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The Public Interest in Private Science
The federal government primarily relies on grants and contracts to fund scientific research. This arrangement emerged as a political compromise after World War