Many scientists have said that government funding of research sometimes has strings attached that stifle the spirit of independent inquiry. Unaware of a viable alternative, however, they assume that without government funding, science will receive no funding at all.

William N. Butos is a Professor of Economics at Trinity College.
Thomas J. McQuade is a visiting scholar in the Department of Economics at New York University.
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