The Costs and Benefits of Ownership:… : DASH Story 2017-05-17
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Even a Harvard graduate (MPA) I only have restricted access to most academic articles. I am working for a Govenment Organization with the objective of developing the microfinace sector in Argentina, an urgent need in a country that still has 30% of its population in poverty. I really think that academic works should be available if not for free, at a very low cost. I do not quite get why Willey-Blackwell and other for profit publishing companies should hava an oligopoly on academic knowledge which is kind of a semipublic good. For example, renting an academic paper for 48 hours costs $6 US while buying it in pdf format costs... $38 US!!!!! Thanks for the open access!
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