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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813889803321

Titolo

Liberty and research and development : science funding in a free society / / edited by Tibor R. Machan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2002

ISBN

0-8179-2948-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 506

Philosophic reflections on a free society

Altri autori (Persone)

MachanTibor R

Disciplina

338.973/06

Soggetti

Federal aid to research - United States

Research - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.