[IP] Decline of the Creative Class?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Jim Zellmer <zellmer@virtualproperties.com>
Date: October 5, 2004 8:08:21 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: 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



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