Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 11
4. 1. Sacred Art: Who Has the Power to Define Art? 17
5. 2. The Denial of the Economy: Why Are Gifts to the Arts Praised, While Market Incomes Remain Suspect? 34
6. 3. Economic Value Versus Aesthetic Value: Is There Any Financial Reward for Quality? 52
7. 4. The Selflessly Devoted Artist: Are Artists Reward-Oriented? 78
8. 5. Money for the Artist: Are Artists Just Ill-Informed Gamblers? 103
9. 6. Structural Poverty: Do Subsidies and Donations Increase Poverty? 124
10. 7. The Cost Disease: Do Rising Costs in the Arts Make Subsidization Necessary? 152
11. 8. The Power and the Duty to Give: Why Give to the Arts? 181
12. 9. The Government Serves Art: Do Art Subsidies Serve the Public Interest or Group Interests? 203
13. 10. Art Serves the Government: How Symbiotic Is the Relationship between Art and the State? 232
14. 11. Informal Barriers Structure the Arts: How Free or Monopolized Are the Arts? 259
15. 12. Conclusion: a Cruel Economy: Why Is the Exceptional Economy of the Arts so Persistent? 280
16. Epilogue: the Future Economy of the Arts: Is this Book’s Representation of the Economy of the Arts Outdated? 295
17. Notes 311
18. Literature 349
19. Index of names 361
20. Index of subjects 365