Trevor, this
>
> Also, all income from one's 'artistic production' is taxfree
> in Ireland, but this is more likely to benefit Bono or Van
> Morrison than Geoff Squires or Catherine Walsh.
>
...is key. Making comparisons of this sort is very difficult to do, since
for example in the USA the amount of money that goes into art and culture
via tax-exempt donations (revenue foregone by the government) tends not to
be included, since the money has not been spent by the state.
One might ask, similarly, how much of an investment is represented in the
economics of running the UK's English Literature degree courses -- say an
intake of 00 students per annum times number of institutions, times fees &
capitation paid etc.
:P
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