LEADER 03913nam 22007214a 450 001 9910821286203321 005 20230914152912.0 010 $a1-282-08736-3 010 $a9786612087363 010 $a1-4008-2700-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827008 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756265 035 $a(EBL)445469 035 $a(OCoLC)355805186 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164418 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161833 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164418 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10121716 035 $a(PQKB)11248113 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36267 035 $a(DE-B1597)446324 035 $a(OCoLC)979725761 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445469 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284082 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445469 035 $a(PPN)187273464 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756265 100 $a20051014h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGood & plenty $ethe creative successes of American arts funding /$fTyler Cowen 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, N.J. :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2006. 210 4$aŠ2006 215 $a1 online resource (206 pages) 311 0 $a0-691-14626-8 311 0 $a0-691-12042-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-188) and index. 327 $aWarring perspectives -- Indirect subsidies: the genius of the American system -- Direct subsidies: are they too conservative? -- Copyright and the future of decentralized incentives -- Toward a beautiful and liberal future. 330 $aAmericans agree about government arts funding in the way the women in the old joke agree about the food at the wedding: it's terrible--and such small portions! Americans typically either want to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts, or they believe that public arts funding should be dramatically increased because the arts cannot survive in the free market. It would take a lover of the arts who is also a libertarian economist to bridge such a gap. Enter Tyler Cowen. In this book he argues why the U.S. way of funding the arts, while largely indirect, results not in the terrible and the small but in Good and Plenty--and how it could result in even more and better. Few would deny that America produces and consumes art of a quantity and quality comparable to that of any country. But is this despite or because of America's meager direct funding of the arts relative to European countries? Overturning the conventional wisdom of this question, Cowen argues that American art thrives through an ingenious combination of small direct subsidies and immense indirect subsidies such as copyright law and tax policies that encourage nonprofits and charitable giving. This decentralized and even somewhat accidental--but decidedly not laissez-faire--system results in arts that are arguably more creative, diverse, abundant, and politically unencumbered than that of Europe. Bringing serious attention to the neglected issue of the American way of funding the arts, Good and Plenty is essential reading for anyone concerned about the arts or their funding. 606 $aArt and state$zUnited States 606 $aFederal aid to the arts$zUnited States 606 $aAesthetics$xEconomic aspects 606 $aCulture$xEconomic aspects 607 $aUnited States$xCultural policy 615 0$aArt and state 615 0$aFederal aid to the arts 615 0$aAesthetics$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aCulture$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a700.79/73 700 $aCowen$b Tyler$0323813 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821286203321 996 $aGood & plenty$91215914 997 $aUNINA