“But no socialist nation has ever produced a truly healthy artistic economy” surely depends on how you define socialist nation (and indeed economy). Arguably the social democratic nations in Scandinavia (underpinned by significant public funding for the arts and for artists) have very healthy and exportable artistic economies.
“But no socialist nation has ever produced a truly healthy artistic economy” surely depends on how you define socialist nation (and indeed economy). Arguably the social democratic nations in Scandinavia (underpinned by significant public funding for the arts and for artists) have very healthy and exportable artistic economies.