In economic analysis this might seem to be stating the obvious, but from an intellectual and institutional/political perspective understated, really: I'd add that funding is regulation, and public funding is not that much less constrained than private corporate funding (but is constrained in different, less intuitive ways).
Strings Attached: Science Regulation by Science Funders - Technology Law
Doni Bloomfield, How Science Grantmakers Govern (Mar. 25, 2026) (unpublished manuscript), available at SSRN (Mar. 13, 2026).Nicholson PriceWho regulates the physical and informational risks of scientific research? Who makes sure that researchers keep intensely personal data secret, or lock their dangerous chemicals away safely, or don’t haphazardly create superviruses that could kill us all? You could be forgiven for assuming it was, well, a regulator—OSHA or the CDC or some similar entity tha
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