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Whatever your industry, creativity is central to discovering opportunities for business growth. Understandably then, leaders are always looking for insights that can help them harness the creative ...

AbstractUsing a national database this project evaluates the relative merits of the creative and procreative classes in supporting sustainable economic health in cities over time. The analysis ...

Some have already taken to calling the events in the Middle East "the Arab 1848." Future generations, perhaps, will talk about the "spirit of 2011" when the ground begins to crumble beneath their own ...

The so-called "creative class" didn't quite pan out as people thought it would. The term, coined by economist and social scientist Richard Florida in his 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class ...

Richard Florida, always a fan of cities including Seattle, seems to be having some second thoughts. The 2002 publication of his book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” turned a professor into as much ...

A new group of talented writers has entered the literary world. Earlier this month, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated its first class of Creative Writing MFA students. The low-residency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March marks the start of new beginnings, making it the perfect month to celebrate National Craft Month. Crafting isn’t just fun, ...