2 Jul 2016

Culture: an Economic Strike Force ?

Session 24

The days are long gone when culture appeared to stand apart from the economy. More and more studies are being conducted to measure the cultural sector’s place in the economy, or emphasising its externalities. Many economists are placing the focus on the specifics of the cultural economy: should live performance productions be granted assistance, due to a structural lack of productivity, as William Baumol suggested from as early as the mid-1960s, in the United States? What are the dynamics of art markets, torn between the perception of safe-haven investments and speculative temptations? How much social protection can artists legitimately be offered? How did the cultural industries, faced early on with the challenge of digital, set up innovative business models in response? Does copyright need to take a new turn and, if so, in what direction? Are yesterday’s forms of protection – quotas for European works shown on television, a single price for books – suited to a digital world? How are cultural practices developing and what conditions are needed to keep from ending up in a “free-for-all” model?

Coordination


Françoise BENHAMOU

Member

Cercle des économistes

Biography

Moderator


Elisabeth CHAVELET

Editor-in-chief in charge of Les Grands Entretiens

Paris Match

Biography

Speakers


Tonjé BAKANG

Founder & CEO

AfroStream

Biography

Patricia BARBIZET

CEO

Artemis

Biography

Taher GHALIA

Director

National Institute of Heritage, Tunisia

Biography

Ilde RIZZO

Professor

University of Catania

Biography

Ghassan SALAMÉ

Former Minister of Culture, Lebanon

Biography

J.P. SINGH

Incoming Director of the Centre for Cultural Relations

University of Edinburgh

Biography
All the speakers

Contributions

SINGH_SESSION 24

GHALIA_SESSION 24

BAKANG_SESSION 24

Françoise Benhamou _ session 24

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