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Continuing to assert that simply adding a profit motive will somehow generate better results — without a shred of proof — is disingenuous.
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Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Over time, corporate involvement pushed university research toward commercial needs and increasingly exposed universities to the profit motive.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the activist pressure and profit motive seemed to be aligning.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The profit motive certainly plays a prominent role: from Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany to Vladimir Putin’s Russia and modern China, there is a long history of major corporations conceding to authoritarian governments for commercial reasons.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Over time, corporate involvement pushed university research toward commercial needs and increasingly exposed universities to the profit motive.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the activist pressure and profit motive seemed to be aligning.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The profit motive certainly plays a prominent role: from Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany to Vladimir Putin’s Russia and modern China, there is a long history of major corporations conceding to authoritarian governments for commercial reasons.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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