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The polity requires greater equality, the economy greater merit. The two, which are not absolute opposites, are, however, to a degree, in conflict. The task is to make them as compatible and as reinforcing as possible (Kerr 1994: 28).
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Feller, I. (2001). Elite and/or Distributed Science: An Analytical and Empirical Guide to Public Policy on the Distribution of Federal Academic R&D Funds . In: Feldman, M.P., Link, A.N. (eds) Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1689-7_9
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