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Author

Abbing, Hans, 1946-

Title Why are artists poor? : The exceptional economy of the arts.

Publication Info.

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008.

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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (369 pages)
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Contents	Table of 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; 8 The Power and the Duty to Give: Why Give to the Arts?
	9 The Government Serves Art: Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest10 Art Serves the Government: How Symbiotic Is the Relationship between Art; 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; Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts; Notes; Literature; Index of Names.
Summary	An unconventional socio-economic analysis of the economic position of the arts and artists.
Note	Print version record.
Access	This work is licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0).
Subject	Artists -- Economic conditions.
	Art -- Economic aspects.
	The arts.
	The arts: general issues.
	Art: financial aspects.
	Society and social sciences.
	Society and culture: general.
	History of art -- art and design styles.
	Economics, finance, business and management.
	ART -- History -- General.
	Artists -- Economic conditions
	Economics
Indexed Term	Multi-User.
Other Form:	Print version: 9789053565650
ISBN	9789048503650 (electronic bk.)
	9048503655 (electronic bk.)
	9789053565650
	9053565655
	9790000000000
Standard No.	340245
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