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For the American Economics
Association, cultural economics falls
under the heading:
Z000 - Other Special Topics:
General
Z100 - Cultural
Economics: General
Z110 - Economics of the Arts
Z120 - Religion
Z130 - Social Norms and Social Capital;
Economic Anthropology
http://www.econlit.org/subject_descriptors.html
For the Journal of Economic Literature,
it falls under:
Z - Other Special
Topics
Z00 - General
Z1 - Cultural
Economics
Z10 - General
Z11 - Economics of the Arts
Z12 - Religion
Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/elclasjn.html#zhead
For me, 'cultural economics'
falls under the heading: 'life's work'. There are two dimensions to my work.
The first is captured by the formal disciplinary classifications, by accident I
am sure, that is the 'human zoo' nature of cultural economics. Maximizing
behavior (or economic behavior) takes place within the context of culture and
law. If one forgets culture, one ends up in the cannibal's cooking
pot. If one forgets the law, one ends up in jail. Neither outcomes
is 'maximizing'. My perception of the position of 'cultural
economics' within the history of economic thought is presented in my 1989
article published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada:
The
Hard Facts: Perspectives of Cultural Economics.
The second concerns the role of the
arts as an economic factor of production that pervades every aspect of the
economy from automobiles and aircraft to entertainment and education to health
care and highways to temples of worship and tourism. Like the air, art is
everywhere that human life exists, has existed and will ever exist. A more complete rationale can be
found on my other website The
World Cultural Intelligence Network (WCIN) at .
For purpose of this website I present
my life's work as a cultural economist. My reasons for e-publishing these
works are two-fold. The first is simply vanity. The second is to
provide anyone interested in the interface between culture and economics with an
initial entry into the field of cultural economics including the wide ranging
references at the end of each article. Articles will cover the period from the mid-1970s (when the site
is fully operational) to the present (whenever
that happens to be). I will add both historic and current articles as I
can. Please advise me of any problems with the site or specific articles
and make any comments or questions.
Enjoy!
Harry Hillman Chartrand
Cultural Economist & Publisher
Compiler Press
Email
compilerpress@shaw.ca
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