Michael Rushton

The costumes were really makeshift, but the actors and the audience alike were just so involved in the performance and all the action and the sword fights. There were no star performers at all. It's not Shakespeare's best known play. And yet it was just a terrific night out and something that I will not forget.

The costumes were really makeshift, but the actors and the audience alike were just so involved in the performance and all the action and the sword fights. There were no star performers at all. It's not Shakespeare's best known play. And yet it was just a terrific night out and something that I will not forget.

There's a piece about Pelé that I have been writing recently.

There's a piece about Pelé that I have been writing recently.

There's a piece about Pelé that I have been writing recently.

that started what i thought was just a piece about him and his story which is fascinating is that for you to perform in as well yes i ended up going to brazil during the last world cup and ultimately ended up being at pele's bedside watching the world cup final with him 11 days before he passed away you're kidding i'm not kidding how did that happen see now that's a whole other podcast

that started what i thought was just a piece about him and his story which is fascinating is that for you to perform in as well yes i ended up going to brazil during the last world cup and ultimately ended up being at pele's bedside watching the world cup final with him 11 days before he passed away you're kidding i'm not kidding how did that happen see now that's a whole other podcast

that started what i thought was just a piece about him and his story which is fascinating is that for you to perform in as well yes i ended up going to brazil during the last world cup and ultimately ended up being at pele's bedside watching the world cup final with him 11 days before he passed away you're kidding i'm not kidding how did that happen see now that's a whole other podcast

Yes. I promise you that is literally my belief system.

Yes. I promise you that is literally my belief system.

Yes. I promise you that is literally my belief system.

I'm Michael Rushton. I'm a professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and I teach in our arts administration program. How would you describe the major areas of your research and interest? I'm one of that small group of people known as cultural economists who apply economic methods to looking at the arts and different issues in the arts.

I'm Michael Rushton. I'm a professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and I teach in our arts administration program. How would you describe the major areas of your research and interest? I'm one of that small group of people known as cultural economists who apply economic methods to looking at the arts and different issues in the arts.

I'm Michael Rushton. I'm a professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and I teach in our arts administration program. How would you describe the major areas of your research and interest? I'm one of that small group of people known as cultural economists who apply economic methods to looking at the arts and different issues in the arts.

What I have found is that many of the cultural economists began their careers like I did, being an ordinary mainstream muggle economist studying public finance and labor economics and so on. And then you discover, oh, there's a group that does this. And actually, the questions are really interesting around the film industry, performing arts and paintings and auctions.

What I have found is that many of the cultural economists began their careers like I did, being an ordinary mainstream muggle economist studying public finance and labor economics and so on. And then you discover, oh, there's a group that does this. And actually, the questions are really interesting around the film industry, performing arts and paintings and auctions.

What I have found is that many of the cultural economists began their careers like I did, being an ordinary mainstream muggle economist studying public finance and labor economics and so on. And then you discover, oh, there's a group that does this. And actually, the questions are really interesting around the film industry, performing arts and paintings and auctions.

This has been an active field, I would say, since the 1960s, when William Bommel and William Bowen first came up with their theory of cost disease.

This has been an active field, I would say, since the 1960s, when William Bommel and William Bowen first came up with their theory of cost disease.

This has been an active field, I would say, since the 1960s, when William Bommel and William Bowen first came up with their theory of cost disease.