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Mon 07 Jul 2009Sheltering the arts from the economic storm
Curbing funding to the arts, sports and tourism would be short-sighted and counter-productive, writes Roger GH Downer
IN THE well-known Aesop Fable, a farmer kills his most prized asset, a goose that lays eggs made of gold. His ill-considered attempt to realise short-term gains results in loss of his major source of wealth.
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