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An unconventional socio-economic analysis of the economic position of the arts and artists
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- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Sacred Art: Who Has the Power to Define Art?
- 2. The Denial of the Economy: Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect?
- 3. Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value: Is There Any Financial Reward for Quality?
- 4. The Selflessly Devoted Artist: Are Artists Reward-Oriented?
- 5. Money for the Artist: Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers?
- 6. Structural Poverty: Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty?
- 7. The Cost Disease: Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization Necessary?
- 8. The Power and the Duty to Give: Why Give to the Arts?
- 9. The Government Serves Art: Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest or Group Interests?
- 10. Art Serves the Government: How Symbiotic Is the Relationship between Art and the State?
- 11. Informal Barriers Structure the Arts: How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts?
- 12. Conclusion: a Cruel Economy: Why Is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts so Persistent?
- Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts: Is this Bookâs Representation of the Economy of the Arts Outdated?
- Notes
- Literature
- Index of names
- Index of subjects