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Science Technology and Government
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When Murray Rothbard wrote “Science,
Technology, and Government” in 1959, supporters
of the free market needed to confront
a challenge that remains relevant today. In
1957, the Soviet Union launched its “Sputnik”
satellite, thereby defeating the United
States in the race between the two countries
to be fi rst into space. Did this victory show, or
at least suggest, the superiority of Soviet centrally-
planned science to the American market
economy? Critics of the free enterprise
system like John Kenneth Galbraith (one of
Rothbard’s least favorite economists) claimed
that scientifi c research and development
required government planning and control.
Th e free market, these critics claimed,
could not carry out the vast eff orts research
Mu r r ay N . R o t h ba rd - Personal Name
1st Edition
978-1-61016-639-3
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Science Technology and Government
Management
English
Ludwig von Mises Institute
2015
Canada
1-128
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