Introduction: Some skeptical reflections on research and development / Tibor R. Machan -- Arguments concerning government's investment in research / Oliver Mayo -- The limits of government-funded research: what should they be? / R. Paul Drake -- Federal support of research and development in science and engineering / Michael W. Blasgen -- Scientific research in a free society: some reflections / Eleftheria Maratos-Flier
Summary
The contributors to this volume explore the implications of government funding of scientific research and offer alternatives to the heavy reliance on government support that research and development (R & D) currently enjoys. Each author squarely confronts the problems arising from the idea that government funding of R & D is and ought to be the norm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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