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.

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• Acknowledgments (0817929428_vii.pdf ~17 KB)
• Contributors (0817929428_ix.pdf ~24 KB)
• Introduction: Some Skeptical Reflections on Research and Development (0817929428_xi.pdf ~47 KB)
• Chapter 1: Arguments Concerning Government’s Investment in Research (0817929428_1.pdf ~87 KB)
• Chapter 2: The Limits of Government-Funded Research: (0817929428_27.pdf ~106 KB)
• Chapter 3: Federal Support of Research and Development (0817929428_61.pdf ~92 KB)
• Chapter 4: Scientific Research in a Free Society: (0817929428_91.pdf ~93 KB)
• Index (0817929428_119.pdf ~40 KB)