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.
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...
What was I thinking?
“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity...
The French Culture Pass Revisited
ArtReview tells us that the French Culture Pass is being put on simmer:
The French Government has announced a 50 percent cut in their lauded...
Art in Turbulent Times
Recently artsjournal.com shared a lengthy piece by composer and musician Jonathan Blumhofer, on the arts in times of political unrest. Although you will see...
On art and the pursuit of power
The arts themselves, as I considered the matter, by their ultimately sensual essence, are, in the long run, inimical to those who pursue power...
