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Science-Mart: Privatizing American Science by Philip Mirowski Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-674-04646-3 / 0674046463 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-04646-7 / 9780674046467 This trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. During the Cold War, the U.S. government amply funded basic research in science and medicine. Starting in the 1980s, however, this support began to decline and for-profit corporati |