| Abstract: | Reprinted from Manchester School of Economics and Social Studies, December 1969, pp. 323–35 with the permission of Basil Blackwell Ltd. Professor Sir Alan Peacock (born 1922) has a distinguished career as an academic economist and public servant, chairing, among other things, the Arts Council Enquiry on Orchestral Resources 1969–70, the Committee on Financing the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 1985–86; and the Scottish Arts Council 1986–92. He has written widely on cultural economics, includingThe Composer in the Marketplace (with Ronald Weir, 1975) and his autobiographicalPaying the Piper (1993) reviewed in thisJournal 18(1), 1994. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of theJournal of Cultural Economics since its inception. Reprinting this article is a tribute to his long and much valued involvement in our field. |
