Broadway And Economics

Author : Matthew C. Rousu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351685733

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Broadway and Economics by Matthew C. Rousu Pdf

Economics has often been described as "the dismal science," with TV and movies reinforcing this description. However, economics is a powerful tool that can be used to understand how the world works, helping to answer confusing puzzles and solve the world’s problems. Surprisingly, Broadway musicals are an excellent way to show this. Musicals tell engaging stories through song and many are rich with economic concepts. This book analyzes 161 songs from 90 musicals to explore what they can teach us about supply and demand, monetary policy and numerous other core economic concepts. While some songs have an obvious connection to economics, other connections may seem less apparent. When you hear "Let it Go" from Frozen, does your mind think about a firm’s production decisions? After reading this book, it will. Whether showing how Hamilton can illustrate concepts of central banking, or how "Stars" from Les Miserables provides a perfect example of inelastic demand, the author presents complicated topics in an understandable and entertaining way. Featuring classic songs from some of the most popular shows ever produced, along with some hidden gems, Broadway and Economics will be of interest to anybody studying an introductory economics course as well as theatre aficionados.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:881902646

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Business and Economics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Blaug
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000316278

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The Economics Of The Arts by Mark Blaug Pdf

The economics of the Arts is a new field with a small but rapidly-growing literature, which has emerged in recent years out of the eagerness of economists to apply their techniques to hitherto untried areas and the recognition by Arts administrators of the rapidly increasing economic pressures on the Arts. This book of readings is the first of its kind. Of the 16 articles, 8 are directly concerned with the Arts in America; the other 8 deal with the British scene. What can economics say about so non-economic a subject as the Arts? Obviously, finance for the Arts involves economic considerations. But in addition, economics provides, among other things, a logic of rational choice, and the economists' style of thinking, therefore, is adaptable to any problem of choice in respect of any set of goals, whether they be economic goals or not. Then, there is the question of whether economics can provide a case for public support for the Arts, that is, whether the State should subsidize the Arts. This is a familiar problem in the economics of welfare but its application to the Arts raises novel questions and even economists are not agreed on whether economics can provide such a rationale. Also, there is the question of criteria for public expenditure on the Arts, assuming that the case for some public expenditure has been made. Can economists tell us how much the State should spend on the Arts? Surely, they can help us with a host of other questions: should museums and galleries charge fees; should museums ever sell off parts of their collections; can the Arts economize on their expenditures; how can modern music be most effectively encouraged by public funds; are ticket prices an important element in the demand for the Arts; and does the low pay of artists discourage individuals from taking up artistic occupations?

Author : Thomas Gale Moore
Publisher : Durham, N.C : Duke University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015000916968

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The Economics of the American Theater by Thomas Gale Moore Pdf

Author : Catherine P. Mulder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135843373

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Unions and Class Transformation by Catherine P. Mulder Pdf

How can unions move from a defensive strategy to one of class transformation? Mulder demonstrates how the current union strategies of class blindness lead to weak and often unintended results. Unions, she argues, do not use their collective power for class transformation and union commentators/critics do not theorize about unions as possible agents for such class transformations. Using the case study of the Broadway musicians’ union, Mulder shows how unions can facilitate a class transformation that increases workers’ control over their working conditions and enables them to make the changes needed to improve their lives. This innovative and needed study will be of interest to labor economists, scholars of class and labor, and those interested in the plight of unions and the potential they still hold for social and economic transformations.

Author : Karol J. Borowiecki,Charles M. Gray,James Heilbrun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009464314

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The Economics of Art and Culture by Karol J. Borowiecki,Charles M. Gray,James Heilbrun Pdf

Designed for courses covering the economics of the arts and arts management, this textbook introduces the economic tools and theories needed for collecting and analysing data in preparation for successful careers in the cultural or public sectors. The extensive use of real-world data makes the book an invaluable resource.

Author : Harold L. Vogel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108493086

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Entertainment Industry Economics by Harold L. Vogel Pdf

Fully updated, this edition offers a unique, integrated approach to the economics and financing of entertainment and media sectors.

Author : Henry Hazlitt
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307760623

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Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt Pdf

With over a million copies sold, Economics in One Lesson is an essential guide to the basics of economic theory. A fundamental influence on modern libertarianism, Hazlitt defends capitalism and the free market from economic myths that persist to this day. Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,” which includes Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and others, Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an influential libertarian publication. Hazlitt wrote Economics in One Lesson, his seminal work, in 1946. Concise and instructive, it is also deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy. Economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy which occurred more than 50 years after the initial publication of Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt’s focus on non-governmental solutions, strong — and strongly reasoned — anti-deficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.

Author : Michael Riedel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451672169

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Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel Pdf

"A revered and provocative theater observer presents a grand history of the producers, directors, actors, and critics battling for creative and financial control of Broadway"--Front jacket flap.

Author : Peter T Leeson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781503604490

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WTF?! by Peter T Leeson Pdf

“The most interesting book I have read in years. . . . WTF?! is like Freakonomics on steroids.” —Steven D. Levitt, New York Times–bestselling coauthor of Freakonomics Did you know that “pre-owned” wives were sold at auction in nineteenth-century England? That today, in Liberia, accused criminals sometimes drink poison to determine their fate? How about the fact that, for 250 years, Italy criminally prosecuted cockroaches and crickets? Do you wonder why? Then this book is for you! Introducing us to a cast of colorful characters, economist Peter T. Leeson explains how to use economic thinking to reveal the hidden sense behind seemingly senseless human behavior—including your own. Leeson shows that far from “irrational” or “accidents of history,” humanity’s most outlandish rituals are ingenious solutions to pressing problems—developed by clever people, driven by incentives, and tailor-made for their time and place. "A fascinating tour of some of the world’s strangest customs and behaviors, led by a brilliant, funny, and eccentric tour guide dedicated to the proposition that no matter how strange it looks, there’s always a reason for it—and a lesson to be learned by discovering that reason.” —Steven E. Landsburg, author of The Armchair Economist

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Actors
ISBN : LOC:00186996999

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Economic Conditions in the Performing Arts by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor Pdf

Author : William Scott Hendon,James L. Shanahan,Alice J. MacDonald
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Abt Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Art and state
ISBN : UOM:39015006793494

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Economic Policy for the Arts by William Scott Hendon,James L. Shanahan,Alice J. MacDonald Pdf

Based on the proceedings of an international conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 8-10, 1979.

Author : Eric Coble
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822232445

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The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble Pdf

THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN swirls around Alexandra, an 80-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she’ll spend her remaining years. In Alexandra’s corner are her wit, her volcanic passion, and the fact that she’s barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to take out the block. But her children have their own secret weapon: estranged son Chris, who returns after 20 years, crawls through Alexandra’s second-floor window and becomes the family’s unlikely mediator. No sooner are the words “Hi, Mom” uttered than the emotional bombs start detonating. THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN is a wickedly funny and wonderfully touching discovery of the fragility and ferocity of life.

Author : Boze Hadleigh
Publisher : Billboard Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780823088300

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Broadway Babylon by Boze Hadleigh Pdf

Hadleigh, authority on celebrity gossip, turns to Broadway to examine its juiciest scandals, secrets, flops and feuds. Discerning fact from rumor, quoting hundreds of players, and revealing the stories behind over a century of major headlines. Personaliti

Author : Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415354773

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International Bibliography Of Economics 2003 by Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science Pdf

First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide. Key features * Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world's most expert librarians and academics. * Breadth: today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included. * International Coverage: the IBSS reviews scholarship published in over 30 languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world. * User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.