The 'easier to read' part is valid maybe for the first week of working with a Lisp (commenting as a part of a team which switched from mostly-Java to only-Clojure several months ago).

Pros for Clojure:

* Faster code -> result cycle. No need for compilation (except for AOT-compiling releases).

* Absence of static typing helps in some of the domains, e.g. web applications. We have successfully used Prismatic's Schema[1] in places where a stable data interchange format was needed.

* Binary compatibility. No need to recompile libraries for different Clojure versions.

* Community oriented towards simplification. People mostly try to mimic Rich Hickey and Clojure.core development approach.

* Orientation towards small libraries. I haven't yet had a need to use a framework written in Clojure (although Pedestal[2] seems interesting).

[1] https://github.com/Prismatic/schema [2] http://pedestal.io/