A Dutch cultural meltdown?

Jo Burns, BOP's director, is currently in the Netherlands, where she is meeting officials from the ministries of culture and economic affairs. The battles over cuts to arts spending (driven by wider economic difficulties) rage as fiercely in Holland as they do here, but one big difference is that the Dutch cultural sector has rarely tried to make an economic case for its value, relying instead on arguments about art's intrinsic worth. 

via bopconsulting.typepad.com