Download or read book Liberty and Research and Development written by Tibor R. Machan and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.