An essay by Julian Oliver about state funding, in particular for the arts in the UK, Europe, America and Canada. Though more arts-related than anything else, there's some crossover in that it talks (far down) about more experimental arts: "...a lab that hosts workshops on noise and experimental music, software and bio-art, physical computing or mixed reality may not appear a sensible investment...". via netbehaviour: http://julianoliver.com/state-of-art