This is the first book to cover not only the economics of the fine arts and performing arts, but also public policy toward the arts at federal, state, and local levels in the United States. The second edition offers greater coverage of the international arts sector. The work will interest academic readers as a supplementary text on the sociology of the arts, as well as general readers seeking a systematic analysis of the economics of the arts. Theoretical concepts are developed from scratch so that readers with no background in economics can follow the argument.
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"The economics of arts and culture are really not arcane, but arts policy-makers, arts managers and friends of the arts, as well as students and teachers, have needed an accessible guide to the subject, oriented to American conditions, for years. In the Heilbrun and Gray book we have a superb guide, comprehensible to the novice, useful to the initiated, comprehensive in coverage, up-to-date, and beautifully written." Dick Netzer, New York University
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This is the first book to cover not only the economics of the fine arts and performing arts, but also public policy toward the arts at federal, state, and local levels in the United States. The second edition offers greater coverage of the international arts sector. The work will interest academic readers or a supplementary text on the sociology of the arts, as well as general readers seeking a systematic analysis of the arts. Theo retical concepts are developed from scratch so that readers with no background in economics can follow the argument
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The most comprehensive text that's out there, but it's quite old now. I'm no longer requiring my students to buy it; I just put it on reserve at the library. Some of the tables can be updated using publicly available data, but updating the discussions requires more work. For example, there is very little mention of the Internet, and very little discussion of the growing integration of the for-profit and nonprofit arts sectors.
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This is the best book out there that I have found for teaching Economics of Art and Culture, but I have to update the examples.
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In the modern era, the making of art has occupied a special position among human activities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
performing arts firms, live performing arts, artistic deficit, performing arts industry, ancillary spending, productivity lag, arts sector, local arts agencies, state arts agencies, general operating support, performing arts institutions, arts subsidies, performing arts companies, arts participation, contributed income, economic impact studies, average fixed cost, nonprofit theaters, live participation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Journal of Cultural Economics, Ford Foundation, Port Authority, World War, The Subsidized Muse, Dick Netzer, Thomas Gale Moore, Research Division Report, Theatre Communications Group, James Heilbrun, Twentieth Century Fund, Metropolitan Opera, National Council, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Economics of the American Theater, Arts Council of England, Carnegie Commission, Duke University Press, Great Britain, Mark Davidson Schuster, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Opera America, The Democratic Muse, United Kingdom New!
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In the modern era, the making of art has occupied a special position among human activities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
performing arts firms, live performing arts, artistic deficit, performing arts industry, ancillary spending, productivity lag, arts sector, local arts agencies, state arts agencies, general operating support, performing arts institutions, arts subsidies, performing arts companies, arts participation, contributed income, economic impact studies, average fixed cost, nonprofit theaters, live participation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, Journal of Cultural Economics, Ford Foundation, Port Authority, World War, The Subsidized Muse, Dick Netzer, Thomas Gale Moore, Research Division Report, Theatre Communications Group, James Heilbrun, Twentieth Century Fund, Metropolitan Opera, National Council, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Economics of the American Theater, Arts Council of England, Carnegie Commission, Duke University Press, Great Britain, Mark Davidson Schuster, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Opera America, The Democratic Muse, United Kingdom New!
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- The Economics of the Performing Arts by C. D. Throsby on 12 pages
- Urban Economics and Public Policy by James Heilbrun on 5 pages
- Economic Aspects of Television Regulation (Studies in the regulation of economic activity) by Roger G. Noll on 4 pages
- Cultural Economics by Ruth Towse on 4 pages
- Public Money and the Muse: Essays on Government Funding for the Arts (American Assembly Series) by Stephen Benedict on page 250, page 274, and page 297
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- Management and the Arts, 3rd ed., Third Edition by William Byrnes on page 223, page 224, and page 252
- In Praise of Commercial Culture by Tyler Cowen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Management and the Arts, Second Edition by William Byrnes on page 214, and page 221
- Ethics and Cultural Policy in a Global Economy by Sarah Owen-Vandersluis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Arts in a New Millennium: Research and the Arts Sector by Valerie Morris on page 106, and Back Matter
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