Much Ado about Nothing in the Art Market

Tags: Media and Culture

06/30/2021 Paul A. Cantor

The recent sale of an invisible statue for £13,000 is symptomatic of the thoroughgoing financialization of our economy. Investors have become ever more obsessed with the symbols of economic reality and less concerned with underlying economic facts.

Original Article: "Much Ado about Nothing in the Art Market"

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