A Marketplace of Ideas

A five-part proposal for funding science by rewarding measured impact rather than predicting it. At its center is the Reward Right: a transferable property right to be paid for a scientific article's measured impact, while leaving the work fully open.

The Essays

1. The Prestige Economy
2. Science as an Asset Class
3. Reward Rights
4. Measuring Impact
5. From Here to There

The Act

The proposal is accompanied by draft legislation, The Marketplace of Ideas Act, which establishes Reward Rights in law.