Print version: Liberty and research and development : science funding in a free society. Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2002 xx, 124 pages ; 23 cm. Philosophic reflections on a free society Hoover Institution Press publication ; 506. ISBN 9780817929428
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.