Name David Throsby | Role Economist | |
 | ||
Books Do You Really Expect to Get Paid?: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia Education University of Sydney, London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
David throsby at culture and the economy wednesday 9th may 2012
(Charles) David Throsby AO is an Australian economist. He is especially well-known as a cultural economist. His book Economics and Culture (2001) has become a standard reference work in the field. In addition to the performing arts, Throsby's research and writing has covered the economic role of artists, the economics of public intervention in arts markets, cultural development, cultural policy, heritage issues, and sustainability of cultural processes. He has also written extensively on the theory of public goods and the economics of higher education.
Contents
- David throsby at culture and the economy wednesday 9th may 2012
- ICOM Milano 2016 David Throsbys keynote speech July 6 2016
- Biography
- Personal
- Select Publications
- References
ICOM Milano 2016: David Throsby's keynote speech, July 6, 2016
Biography
Throsby is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Sydney. As an undergraduate he studied at the University of Sydney and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He is a past-president of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Foundation Chair of the National Association for the Visual Arts. He is on the editorial boards of journals including the Journal of Cultural Economics and the International Journal of Cultural Policy and has served on the boards of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, The Australian Museum and the Copyright Agency Ltd. His survey of cultural economics in JEL has been frequently quoted since 1994. His most recent book is The Economics of Cultural Policy (2010).
Personal
He is the brother of the ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby and uncle of the singer Holly Throsby.