Tag Archives: neoliberalism

Pre-order now available

Posted on October 27, 2021 by lindaessig

I am thrilled to announce that Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action is now available for pre-order. E-book or UK paper from Intellect Books US Paperback from University of Chicago Press

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First Principles, Inadequate Soil, and Artist Entrepreneurs

Posted on June 9, 2020 by lindaessig

On June 8, I participated in a virtual symposium sponsored by the Arts, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab at Indiana University entitled “New. Not Normal.” Some panelists were invited to pre-record ~15 minute talks, while others, like me, were invited to … Continue reading →

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A Covid-19 Prompt from Artivate

Posted on April 4, 2020 by lindaessig

[The co-editors of Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts invited me to submit some “thoughts on arts entrepreneurship in light of the recent economic and social shifts brought on by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Here is that … Continue reading →

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Arts Entrepreneurial Mindset

Posted on August 11, 2017 by lindaessig

[I continue to develop essays on art, innovation, entrepreneurship, and money as part of my book project. Here are a couple of paragraphs from this morning’s writing:] The independent self-determined mindset, the sense of one’s own responsibility and accountability toward … Continue reading →

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One Paragraph at a Time

Posted on July 13, 2017 by lindaessig

Progress on An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action is slow, but steady, one paragraph at a time. Here’s one from yesterday: In my work as a scholar of arts entrepreneurship, I walk a fine line between critiquing the neoliberal economic … Continue reading →

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New Article in Cultural Trends

Posted on May 22, 2017 by lindaessig

Same or different? The “cultural entrepreneurship” and “arts entrepreneurship” constructs in European and US higher education …is an article I wrote just ahead of print in Cultural Trends. It uses data gathered by graduate research assistant Joanna Guevara as a part of a … Continue reading →

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It’s Complicated

Posted on January 3, 2013 by lindaessig

Relationships are complicated.  Perhaps none are more complicated than the relationship between art and money.   What makes the relationship so complicated isn’t “love,” but “value.”  Economic theories from Adam Smith to Karl Marx focus on the distinction between value-in-use (a … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 6: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the sixth and final installment in my blog series on the theories that underly arguments against — and in today’s installment for – government funding for the arts.  I look today with some skepticism at the creative industries … Continue reading →

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Waxing Theoretical Part 5: Neoliberalism and the market

Posted on June 5, 2011 by lindaessig

This is the fifth post in my series on the theoretical bases for arguments against – and in the next section for – government funding for the arts.  In this installment I look at neoliberalism, that branch of market-loving political … Continue reading →

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