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

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, [2002], ©2002.

xx, 124 pages ; 23 cm.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.