A reader named Matt Radcliffe writes:

I’ve been working on a project concerning musical theater performance. I have a hypothesis which seems intuitive enough to me — that a lack of exposure to creative arts can lead to disastrous results for individuals (lack of education, poverty, etc).

I can find a plethora of research that proves the opposite (exposure to creative arts can lead to success), but I can’t find anything towards my hypothesis.

While I wish I knew where even to start to conduct the experiment myself. I am not an economist or mathematician (theater, remember?).

I was wondering if you could post this as a question to your readers on the blog.