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

Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism
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Author: Daniel S. Greenberg
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN: 0226306259
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

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The importance of this work cannot be overstated. There are perilous forces of capitalism that quite naturally, if not inevitably, jeopardize the public's interest in intellectual property. The very nature of intellectual property is that it occurs in isolation, in the mind of an inventor. Often, as the subject of this book propounds, the tax-payer funds those inventions and the public should be the proper beneficiary of the discovery. But the public has no voice...Daniel Greenberg is the public's voice, and needs to be heard.

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

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.

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