Title:

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Harrison Schmitt

Creator:

Lederberg, Joshua

Recipient:

United States. Congress. Senate and Schmitt, Harrison H.

Date:

15 January 1981

Location:

Box: 37. Folder: 15

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

BBARKD

NLM ID:

101584906X11668

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X11668

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: February 26, 2000. KW: re SCHMITT H THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ROLE IN BASIC RESEARCH SCIENCE 211: (4479) 226-226 1981; responding to Milton Friedman view; I do place "strong reliance on the discipline of the market- place for resource allocation. To attach a license fee to the exchange of every bit of new fundamental knowledge, which would be necessary to apply market doctrines to the world of science and scholarship, would encumber the system with transaction costs likely to exceed the material value of each piece of the puzzle. Such a system would be inherent- ly unworkable and unenforceable." jl 2/26/00

Lederberg Grouping:

CE. Correspondence E.