PERVERSE INCENTIVES PROLIFERATE. Some time ago, I noted a colleague whose research plans concentrated on work for which external funding was available. Critical Mass reports on a more troubling phenomenon. In the social sciences, much of the research support comes from government agencies, particularly for human resource economics problems. In the laboratory sciences, there is much more money coming in from corporations. Problem: how best to balance market testing of research, which is desirable, against preserving Mr. Chips's objectivity, which is also desirable.