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.
Even more on the economics of live theatre
The Freakonomics series on the economics of live theatre continues with this third and final episode, in which I talk about its value –...
On the hidden economics of live theatre
Freakonomics Radio has a new three part series on the economic landscape facing live theatre. Part One is here, and part two is here,...
What to do with the NEA? Make it Conservative?
In my last post I wrote about the Cato Institute’s Ryan Bourne’s call to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts. Here I will consider a...
What do to with the NEA? Pull the plug?
Two opinion pieces were published this week giving different conservative takes on what to do with the NEA. I’ll talk about Mark Bauerlein’s New York...
On the aesthetic education of the young
From Book III of The Republic, by Plato (circa 375 BCE, translation by F. M. Cornford). Socrates is speaking with Glaucon:
One thing, however, is...
