The Increasing Implausibility of Cultural Imperialism

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  • Author(s): By:Nick Gillespie
  • Source:
    Reason (USA), February 23, 2007 Culture, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      George Mason University economist, NY Times columnist, and occasional Reason contributor Tyler Cowen draws a bead on the common argument that American cultural products crush, kill, destroy local efforts around the globe: The complaint of "cultural imperialism" is looking increasingly implausible….the funk of James Brown helped shape the music of West Africa; Indian authors draw upon Charles Dickens; and Arabic pop is centered in France and Belgium...