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I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a forthcoming book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

Showing posts with label government funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government funding. Show all posts
Sunday, September 21, 2025

The 2025 Golden Goose awards

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 In these difficult times for science funding, the Golden Goose Award is a reminder of its benefits.  Here's it's backstory .  Here...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Stanford celebrates the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (and recalls university-government collaboration on science)

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 Remember when universities and the Federal government collaborated on big science? The bold bet that built a telescope "When the first...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

NSF slashed again

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The "S" in NSF has again attracted the attention of the Trump administration.  The journal Science reports the story:   NSF faces ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Presidential memo shuts down all government grants (now including NSF)

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 A Presidential memo issued yesterday is shutting down all government grants, including e.g. those from the NSF.   Here's the memo: MEMO...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Career and volunteer firefighters are both common

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 The Mercury News has the story:   Where did all the Bay Area volunteer firefighters go? Civilian volunteer firefighters used to be a staple...
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