Science and Society: Building the Trust of Our Benefactors

Written by: Austin Shannon

Edited by: Henry Ertl and Kate Giffin

In a democracy, government money is public money and should ideally be accountable to the interests of the public as negotiated through the political process. However, if the stewards of that money (i.e., elected officials or citizens) know little about what they are paying for, then how do they know that public interests are being upheld?

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