Topic: Creative Class
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Maps
Where to Find a Creative Class Job in 2020
High-paid knowledge, professional, and creative class occupations will add roughly 7 million new jobs by 2020. Here's where you'll find them.
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Urban Wonk
A Blueprint for a 21st Century Workforce
The question we need to ask ourselves is, what skills will help workers earn the most?
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The Geography of U.S. Economic Confidence
Why Americans in some states feel more secure in their economic future.
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Urban Wonk
The Case for Job Density in a Telecommuting Age
Cities will have to serve workers in different ways than they have in the past. But smart growth is more vital than ever.
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State of the Day: Wisconsin
The state offers a lesson for how smaller cities and metros can still compete in the globalized marketplace
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How Good Is D.C. to Artists, Musicians, and Writers?
The city holds several advantages for creative types, despite its high cost of living
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Neighborhood Revitalization Tools: Band Saw, Drill Press, Welding Helmet
Empty industrial spaces get a second life as innovative art studios
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How Diversity Leads to Economic Growth
A new study suggests that countries with high levels of diversity are better able to adapt new technologies and ideas
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Stat of the Day: Art Basel by the Numbers
Attendance records and income reports from America's largest art show
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Urban Wonk
The Opera House Effect
Why performance spaces built in the 18th century predict which cities will thrive 200 years later
