Yesterday I wrote how a platform like the Kindle might act as a stimulus to the wider, creative economy. The question in my mind is this. Is the creative economy a bit of hocous pocus or is it increasingly possible and beneficial to build our careers around our creative smarts?
In so doing are we assisting the broader national economy or is talk of a creative class a large chunk of self indulgence?
This is an important question because, reading this weeks’ Bloomberg Businessweek researchers point out, in an article by Charles Kenny, that most job growth actually comes from large companies as does real economic efficiency. It seems that a high proportion of start-ups in an economy is actually a liability because they are so inefficient.
To read the full, original article click on this link: What is the creative economy, really? - Forbes
Author:Haydn Shaughnessy
