Thanks Barry,
I remembered his first name, Harry. Googled Harry, Canadian Economist and the National Endowment of the Arts and up it popped. Harry Hillman Chartrand. It was from the Reagan era. Americans for the Arts have also done similar studies and the Port Authority of New York documented what I was telling about the size of the Arts sector. They include all of the jobs stimulated by the arts as well as the performance jobs themselves. Someone told me it was now up to 14 billion but I haven't been able to corroborate that. Thanks again. REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Stennett Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:20 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Ray, I don't know the economist you're talking about, but you and Chris may be interested in the following two links: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410812_culture_and_commerce.pdf http://www.florida-arts.org/resources/economicimpactofthearts.htm The Florida paper contains numerous links to fairly localized studies. All of these studies come to the same conclusion - that artistic efforts in any area have a strong, positive impact on economic development. I remain unconvinced about any of the offered causal explanations, but the observation that the arts and economics are linked is now well established. Barry On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Ray Harrell wrote: Yes Arthur. Thank you for that. I would add that if the Artist is paid for his work eleven dollars go back into the economy for every one dollar invested in the Artist. It goes back as stimulus. It was a Canadian economist who proved this to our NEA and to Reagan and stopped him cold in his tracks when he was trying to disband our NEA. I forget the economist's name. Anyone on the list know who that would be? REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:20 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009) _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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