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Decline of the Creative Class?
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:15 -0400
___ Dave Farber +1 412 726 9889 ...... Forwarded Message ....... From: Jim Zellmer <zellmer () virtualproperties com> To: dave () farber net Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 07:08:21 -0500 Subj: Decline of the Creative Class? Hi Dave: Richard Florida pens an interesting article in the October 2004, Harvard Business Review on the Decline of our creative class: "The strength of the American economy does not rest on its manufacturing prowess, its natural resources, or the size of its market. It turns on one factor--the country's openness to new ideas, which has allowed it to attract the brightest minds from around the world and harness their creative energies. But the United States is on the verge of losing that competitive edge. As the nation tightens its borders to students and scientists and subjects federal research funding to ideological and religious litmus tests, many other countries are stepping in to lure that creative capital away. Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, and others are spending more on research and development and shoring up their universities in an effort to attract the world's best--including Americans." I've posted his chart here: http://www.zmetro.com/archives/000849.php HBR Link ($6.00 PDF) Best wishes in London! Jim ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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