Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-08-28
A. Abigail Payne of McMaster University reviews “Good and Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding” by Tyler Cowen,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the debate over government funding for the arts in an attempt to make each position intelligible and sympathetic to the other side. Discusses warring perspectives; indirect subsidies--the genius of the American system; whether direct subsidies are too conservative; and copyright and the future of decentralized incentives. Cowen is Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University. Index.”