Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Cultural Economics and Planning held April 25-28, 1984 in Akron, Ohio.

The author comments on John Pick's article, More Means Better? Economics Lessons from Popular Entertainment. The author concludes:

I guess the reason we meet here today in the name of cultural economics is to explore viable ways in which we can enable practicing economists to grapple with economic problems surrounding the practice of the arts. Pick, with his wealth of experience in the field, could have better enlightened us in this regard even though we realize it is not easy to do so. (p. 47-48)

Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Cultural Economics and Planning held April 25-28, 1984 in Akron, Ohio.