Stigler denied that full-cost pricing funding ensures intellectual diversity.

Evidence

Stigler rejected Rogge’s argument. First, he denied that full-cost pricing would necessarily attract a variety of funders and promote intellectual diversity. Research funding already utilized it, he argued; nevertheless, the US federal government and the Ford Foundation managed to exert tremendous influence over research priorities. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 105

Categorization

• SEED: The Ford Foundation exerting influence over economics research priorities via funding is a concrete counterexample to the claim that arm’s-length funding guarantees diversity — usable as an essay on how patronage shapes intellectual fields.