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.
Artists and Compelled Speech
The CBC reports:
European politicians are condemning a Belgian classical music festival’s decision to cancel an upcoming performance led by an Israeli conductor due to concerns...
Going back to Vail
In May 2024 I wrote about the town of Vail, Colorado cancelling the artist-in-residency agreement with Danielle SeeWalker, before it even began, over complaints not...
UNESCO and the United States
O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us…
In the Washington Post, Charles Djou, who was a Biden administration official and briefly held an Hawaiian congressional...
What is Free Speech? A Review
“Freedom of speech” is never an absolute. Even in a country where people have a great amount of freedom of speech, such as the...
The search for the very nice arts philanthropist
Last month, the Scottish government came up with a one-time grant of £300,000 to cover the Edinburgh International Book Festival, after pressure from environmental protestors caused...
