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Author: Tyler Cowen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.028kg
ISBN: 9780691146263
ISBN 10: 0691146268
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 21 July 2010
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
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"""A rare and much needed objective look at the topic of government funding for the arts. Avoiding the hyperbole often heard on both sides of the argument, Cowen offers a balanced overview of publicly-funded art. A must for the biased advocate.""--Art Times ""Cowen makes the point loudly and clearly: indirect subsidy favors the decentralization of artistic creativity, particularly as it involves nonprofit institutions, and a thousand flowers can (and do) bloom.""--J. Mark Schuster, Journal of Cultural Economics ""[Good and Plenty] explores the debate over government funding for the arts in an attempt to make each position intelligible and sympathetic to the other side.""--Journal of Economic Literature ""Where Good and Plenty is at its best is in its discussion of the overall ecology of the arts and cultural sector, drawing explicit links between avant-garde activity and later commercial success. The narrative of experimentation as research and development for the sector is one that has recently gained currency in the UK and is discussed with persuasive force in Cowen's book.""--Dave O'Brien, LSE British Politics and Policy blog"
A rare and much needed objective look at the topic of government funding for the arts. Avoiding the hyperbole often heard on both sides of the argument, Cowen offers a balanced overview of publicly-funded art. A must for the biased advocate. -- Art Times Cowen makes the point loudly and clearly: indirect subsidy favors the decentralization of artistic creativity, particularly as it involves nonprofit institutions, and a thousand flowers can (and do) bloom. -- J. Mark Schuster, Journal of Cultural Economics [Good and Plenty] explores the debate over government funding for the arts in an attempt to make each position intelligible and sympathetic to the other side. -- Journal of Economic Literature Where Good and Plenty is at its best is in its discussion of the overall ecology of the arts and cultural sector, drawing explicit links between avant-garde activity and later commercial success. The narrative of experimentation as research and development for the sector is one that has recently gained currency in the UK and is discussed with persuasive force in Cowen's book. -- Dave O'Brien, LSE British Politics and Policy blog
A rare and much needed objective look at the topic of government funding for the arts. Avoiding the hyperbole often heard on both sides of the argument, Cowen offers a balanced overview of publicly-funded art. A must for the biased advocate. Art Times Cowen makes the point loudly and clearly: indirect subsidy favors the decentralization of artistic creativity, particularly as it involves nonprofit institutions, and a thousand flowers can (and do) bloom. -- J. Mark Schuster Journal of Cultural Economics [Good and Plenty] explores the debate over government funding for the arts in an attempt to make each position intelligible and sympathetic to the other side. Journal of Economic Literature
A rare and much needed objective look at the topic of government funding for the arts. Avoiding the hyperbole often heard on both sides of the argument, Cowen offers a balanced overview of publicly-funded art. A must for the biased advocate. Art Times Cowen makes the point loudly and clearly: indirect subsidy favors the decentralization of artistic creativity, particularly as it involves nonprofit institutions, and a thousand flowers can (and do) bloom. -- J. Mark Schuster Journal of Cultural Economics [Good and Plenty] explores the debate over government funding for the arts in an attempt to make each position intelligible and sympathetic to the other side. Journal of Economic Literature Where Good and Plenty is at its best is in its discussion of the overall ecology of the arts and cultural sector, drawing explicit links between avant-garde activity and later commercial success. The narrative of experimentation as research and development for the sector is one that has recently gained currency in the UK and is discussed with persuasive force in Cowen's book. -- Dave O'Brien LSE British Politics and Policy blog
Author Information
Tyler Cowen is professor of economics at George Mason University. His books include Creative Destruction (Princeton) and Create Your Own Economy. He frequently writes for the New York Times, Slate, and the economics blog Marginal Revolution.
