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.
What is public funding of the arts for?
Some Adam Smith as an appetizer…
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be...
On owning many books
“He also thought of plans for fetching his few utensils and books from Norcombe. The Young Man’s Best Companion, The Farrier’s Sure Guide, The Veterinary Surgeon, Paradise...
Even Richard Nixon has got Soul
(January 24, 1970, Richard Nixon in Philadelphia to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Eugene Ormandy: AP photo).
A few days ago I wrote...
On the ingratitude of artists receiving a guaranteed income from a benefactor
(“Vanessa Bell in a Deckchair” by Roger Fry)
From Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946, Economist, Philosopher, Statesman:
The autumn of 1925 found Keynes, as usual, complaining...
On “indirect” support for the arts
Thomas Wolf has posted a short piece on the history of the National Endowment for the Arts, whether it is likely to survive the coming second...