Timeline for Are there any developed countries where the government doesn't spend money on sports, theaters, museums and other forms of entertainment?
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| Aug 19, 2017 at 13:04 | vote | accept | JonathanReez | ||
| Aug 10, 2017 at 17:04 | comment | added | David Richerby | Museums are as much about education as entertainment. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 15:51 | answer | added | Yakk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 15:20 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @Yakk I don't need a pre-defined percentage. I'm simply interested in countries that follow a general policy of leaving all forms of entertainment up to the free market. If they do a bit of funding regardless it's still okay. But as far as I see no such country exists. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 15:09 | comment | added | Yakk | You need to define "a considerable amount of money". As written, there would be no clear argument that a nation with a GDP in trillions whose government spent 1000$ per year supporting an art contest (and no other support) would not qualify. Second, you speak of the country spending money; what do you mean by that? The central government? All non-local governments whose tax base is region based? All government layers? All multi-person organizations? Any resident of the country? Please be more specific about what you are talking about. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 23:00 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
euros -> money (to avoid pointless arguments about whether the USA spends euros)
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| Aug 9, 2017 at 19:08 | comment | added | user1530 | @JonathanReez note that page has many multiple lists of what 'developed' countries are based on different criteria. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @blip um, "developed country" is an pretty well established term: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country: | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 18:42 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 9, 2017 at 18:26 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Brythan: The question says "government", not "national government", doesn't it? And Euros and dollars are readily convertible. If I had a pile of Euros, I could easily use it to build a US sports stadium, or vice versa. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 18:23 | comment | added | user1530 | I'm voting to close this. It's an interesting question, but way open to interpretation as to what "developed country" and "free market" means. The reality is that nearly all countries deemed 'developed' have decided that an investment in arts and culture is a part of that definition. In addition, there's no real 'free market' out there AFAIK. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | user1530 | @Brythan we subsidize at the federal level olympic teams, facilities, arts and music, etc. (One could argue that a country can't be called "developed" if it doesn't invest in arts and culture on some level...) | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 17:56 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/895343069935144966 | ||
| Aug 9, 2017 at 17:14 | answer | added | coteyr | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 14:31 | comment | added | user4012 | @Brythan - both are fiat currencies based on convinient fiction and backed by taxing power of social democratic state. Aside from exchange ration, not much difference :) | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 14:27 | comment | added | Brythan | @mootmoot Read before commenting. The US, as a country, doesn't subsidize stadiums. Cities and states do. Also note the difference between Euros and dollars. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 14:13 | answer | added | user4012 | timeline score: 24 | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 14:05 | comment | added | mootmoot | @Brythan Check the fact instead of speculating. US has a strong subsidies culture, i.e. stadium subsidy. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 13:57 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @Brythan cinemas showing unusual or art house movies are often subsidized, at least here in Czech Republic. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 13:48 | comment | added | Brythan | I'm pretty sure that the US government doesn't spend any Euros on sports teams. Individual states and localities may spend millions of dollars on them (particularly stadiums). Are cinemas actually subsidized? That doesn't seem necessary. | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 13:24 | answer | added | mootmoot | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 12:36 | history | edited | JonathanReez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2017 at 12:08 | comment | added | JonathanReez | Related: politics.stackexchange.com/questions/23099/… | |
| Aug 9, 2017 at 12:07 | history | asked | JonathanReez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |