[lbo-talk] Farewell, creative class

[James Heartfield]

Richard Florida, who coined the idea of The Creative Class concedes that it has a largely null impact on economic regeneration...

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/01/more-losers-winners-americas-new-economic-geography/4465/

Forgive me if I say I told you so, back in 2005, here http://www.heartfield.org/Creativity_Gap.pdf (or indeed in 1998, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Desire-Post-material-Economy-Culture-Matters/dp/0863397905/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363813829&sr=1-1-fkmr2 )