In his essay on imitation in the arts, Adam Smith considers that the exact copy of an artwork always deserves less merit than the original. But the hierarchy between copies and originals has changed over time. So has the perception of copies by lawyers, philosophers, art historians and curators....

Que ce soit l'aumône faite dans le métro, l'arrondi effectué en caisse ou l'engagement d'une fondation en faveur de l'aide humanitaire, le don traverse notre quotidien. Pourtant, les économistes se sont saisis tardivement de cette question, longtemps restée l'apanage des anthropologues. En...

The growth of employment in audiovisual andperforming arts activities during a ten year period(1981–1992) in France and in Great Britain was theresult of a double tendency: An increasing number ofindividuals with cultural occupations working incultural industries and structural changes in...