The Economics of Creativity : : Art and Achievement under Uncertainty / / Pierre-Michel Menger.
Creative work has been celebrated as the highest form of achievement since at least Aristotle. But our understanding of the dynamics and market for creative work--artistic work in particular--often relies on unexamined clichés about individual genius, industrial engineering of talent, and the fickle...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter one. Time, Causes, and Reasons in Action
- Chapter two. Is Working to Achieve Self-Fulfillment Rational?
- Chapter three. Rationality and Uncertainty in the Artist's Life
- Chapter four. Talent and Reputation
- Chapter five. How Can Artistic Greatness Be Analyzed?
- Chapter six. Profiles of the Unfinished
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index