The economics of science : a critical realist overview /
David Tyfield.
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.
- xv, 230 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The commercialisation of science and the construction of the knowledge-based bio-economy -- The KBBE reality--the case of agriculture -- Intellectual property rights and the global commodification of knowledge -- Privatizing Chinese science : national development vs. neoliberal financialization -- Critical realism and the importance of ontological attention -- Critical realism and beyond in economics -- The realist transcendental argument.