REH wrote: > Nope Chris. The study was across the board. All three types of Art were > included. Complex Art, Commercial and Religious Art and Vulgar Art.
Can you point to a study that specifically looked at the productivity increase from "death metal" music, including all the collateral damage? (Of course this music is a business for artists, producers, medical doctors, hearing aid manufacturers, undertakers etc. -- murder also increases the GDP! --, but I'm talking about the productivity increase on the consumer side. > It seems that Art stimulates commerce wherever it is found. > ... It was nicer and more profitable > because of the presence of big convention hotels who located in the new > sector. Next to the financial sector the Cultural sectors stimulate the > most business in New York City. Ah, but stimulating local commerce (which is basically a reverse NIMBY scheme, i.e. not really increasing the overall number of jobs / volume of commerce but just accumulating them into one place) is a different thing than increasing personal productivity by the consumption of art. > How's Switzerland? The heat wave is here too -- with 34°C (93 F) even here in the mountains! Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
