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More opinion on the Creative Class

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Judi

(from a posting I made to the Sirolli Institute Public Forum on April 21, 2007, which generated a little bit of a buzz)
….I apologize in advance for the length of this rant, but here goes..
The coveted Creative Class referred to by Florida, is that ‘class’ of knowledge worker whose earnings are large and whose skills [...]

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The ‘Creative Class’: Did I Pass or Fail?

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Judi

There has been something bugging me amidst all the ballyhoo about the arts driving the economy, the rise of the creative class and the cult of innovation. I live in a city swimming in creativity, stuffed with artists, overwhelmed with visual stimuli, intellectual smorgasbords and art smarts.
Do you remember that old show Columbo, where the [...]

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