Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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- Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts: Is this Book’s Representation of the Economy of the Arts Outdated?
- Notes
- Literature
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Frontmatter
- 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- Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts: Is this Book’s Representation of the Economy of the Arts Outdated?
- Notes
- Literature
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Summary
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- Chapter
- Information
- Why Are Artists Poor?The Exceptional Economy of the Arts, pp. 311 - 348Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2008