Social Capital Death Watch

The only people who seem to be prospering in this recession are those that traffic in grim statistics. Yesterday the President of Americans for the Arts, Robert Lynch, said that 10,000 arts organizations will close this year. If Lynch is correct and "non-profit arts organizations generate $166.2 billion each year in cultural and related spending such as restaurants and parking, and they produce

The Arts Are Stimulating

Hedy Lamarr pioneered spread-spectrum communication technologyI believe art is its own reward, but that sentiment doesn't seem to win many converts when tough decisions are being made about dwindling economic resources. Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein take a crack at a timely new argument for the instrumental benefits of the arts."The fact is that the arts foster innovation. We've just