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David Brooks on “The Character Factory”

August 7, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David Brooks for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Nearly every parent on earth…

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Books about books and their authors that book lovers cherish

August 6, 2014

Amazon now sells more books in digital form than as bound volumes. Unlike those who read plot summaries because they are too busy to read books, book lovers worthy of the name read them in one and/or both versions and…

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David Brooks on “The Leaderless Doctrine”

March 12, 2014

I have begun and then abandoned more than a dozen drafts of a commentary on what I think is the prevailing mindset of many people as the United States stumbles along, lurching into an uncertain future. I guess I lack…

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Building the creative economy: An interview with Richard Florida

January 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an edited version of an interview of Richard Florida by Rik Kikland, senior managing editor of McKinsey Publishing, in which Florida explains how creative companies and the venture capital that drives them are increasingly…

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Mark Brooks’ Sidney Awards, Part II

December 28, 2010

Here is an excerpt from the second of two of Mark Brooks’s columns in which he announces and briefly discusses his annual Sidney Awards. The first column appeared on December 24, 2010, and the second on December 28, 2010. *    …

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Richard Florida, First Interview, by Bob Morris

September 15, 2010

Richard Florida is the author of several global best-sellers: The Rise of the Creative Class, The Breakthrough Illusion, Beyond Mass Production, The Flight of the Creative Class, and Who’s Your City? In his latest book, The Great Reset, he explains…

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