Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts

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• Why Are Artists Poor? *
• Why Are Artists Poor? - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts *
• Table of Contents 5
• Preface 11
• Chapter 1 - Sacred Art Who Has the Power to Define Art? 17
• Chapter 2 - The Denial of the Economy Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect? 34
• Chapter 3 - Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value is There Any Financial Reward for Quality? 52
• Chapter 4 - The Selflessly Devoted Artist Are Artists Reward-Oriented? 78
• Chapter 5 - Money for the Artist Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers? 103
• Chapter 6 - Structural Poverty Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty? 124
• Chapter 7 - The Cost Disease Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization Necessary? 152
• Chapter 8 - The Power and the Duty to Give Why Give to the Arts? 181
• Chapter 9 - The Government Serves Art Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest or Group Interests? 203
• Chapter10 - Art Serves the Government How Symbiotic is the Relationship Between Art and the State? 232
• 259 Chapter 11 - Informal Barriers Structure the Arts How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts? *
• Chapter 12 - Conclusion: a Cruel Economy Why is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts So Persistent? 280

• Why Are Artists Poor? *
• Why Are Artists Poor? - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts *
• Table of Contents 5
• Preface 11
• Chapter 1 - Sacred Art Who Has the Power to Define Art? 17
• Chapter 2 - The Denial of the Economy Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect? 34
• Chapter 3 - Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value is There Any Financial Reward for Quality? 52
• Chapter 4 - The Selflessly Devoted Artist Are Artists Reward-Oriented? 78
• Chapter 5 - Money for the Artist Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers? 103
• Chapter 6 - Structural Poverty Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty? 124
• Chapter 7 - The Cost Disease Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization Necessary? 152
• Chapter 8 - The Power and the Duty to Give Why Give to the Arts? 181
• Chapter 9 - The Government Serves Art Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest or Group Interests? 203
• Chapter10 - Art Serves the Government How Symbiotic is the Relationship Between Art and the State? 232
• 259 Chapter 11 - Informal Barriers Structure the Arts How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts? *
• Chapter 12 - Conclusion: a Cruel Economy Why is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts So Persistent? 280
• 295 Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts - Is This Book's Representation of the Economy of the Arts Outdated? *
• Literature 349
• Index of Names 361
• Index of Subjects 365