Science Bought and Sold Essays in the Economi. Mirowski, Mirowski,**

Name: Science Bought and Sold Essays in the Economi. Mirowski, Mirowski,**
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Science Bought and SoldEssays in the Economics of Science\nAuthor(s): Philip Mirowski, Esther-Mirjam Sent\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226538563, 978-0226538563\nSynopsis\n\""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. \nBringing 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 n