Michael Rushton
Michael Rushton teaches in the Arts Administration programs at Indiana University in Bloomington. An economist by training, he has published widely on such topics as public funding of the arts, copyright, nonprofit organizations and tax policy, and served as Co-Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics.
A dialogue on the nature of arts participation
When I was a child we had some really old Peanuts paperbacks, now long lost, and for reasons unknown – some spirit knew I...
Vibrant (sic)
In the 90s I lived in Regina, Saskatchewan. When I moved there I had never been before, but I had been looking for work,...
How should we evaluate guaranteed income for artists?
Back in the day, I took a few years leave from academia to work in the public service, as a policy advisor to the...
The predictable result of arts organizations and cell phones
The Inquirer reports that cell phones are presenting a problem at the Philadelphia Orchestra:
Another orchestra season, another soul-killing cell phone interruption. As banal as it may be,...
Thomas Hardy on rural creative placemaking
“The town was intentionally bent upon being attractive by exhibiting to an influx of visitors the local talent for dramatic recitation, and provincial towns...