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Michael Rushton on pricing the arts

On the frontiers of AI

May 13, 2025 by Michael Rushton Leave a Comment

Prelude, from The Onion:

Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport

Now then. A few days ago, my son googled “Franz Kafka Airport” and here is what Google AI came up with:

Being a public spirited sort, son informed Google that they might want to tweak this a wee bit. And so I had to check this afternoon for an update, and I get something new:

Well, it’s a start? But of course there is no “Business Week” 2009 report – that was a fiction from the Onion story.

The future’s so bright I’ve got to wear shades.

Prompted by reading the always insightful Timothy Burke…

Cross-posted at https://michaelrushton.substack.com/

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Michael Rushton

Michael Rushton taught in the Arts Administration programs at Indiana University, and lives in Bloomington. An economist by training, he has published widely on such topics as public funding of the … MORE

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What’s the price? Everything has one; admission, subscriptions, memberships, special exhibitions, box seats, refreshments, souvenirs, and on and on – a full menu. What the price is matters. Generally, nonprofit arts organizations in the US receive about half of their revenue as “earned income,” and … [Read More...]

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