The important place of the oftentimes “hidden” independent worker, or freelancer, has been
acknowledged in developed countries where the creative economy has grown. These …

Carrotworkers' Collective are a London-based group of current or ex-interns, mainly from the
creative and cultural sectors who regularly meet to think together around the conditions of …

This chapter draws on research and scholarship into the experience of creative labour to
reflect on the place of hope in understanding the creative economy. The policy imaginary of …

We examine recent evidence concerning the fate of creative workers since the economic
crash of 2007–2008. There is some consensus that the creative economy is an important …

Over the last three decades, economic geographers and social scientists from various
theoretical veins have suggested a fundamental transformation of capitalism, from Fordist …

In this collection, public intellectuals and civil society activists discuss Singapore's public
rhetoric about liberalization and its association with the development of a creative economy …

We often hear that creative and intellectual innovation is the key to western economic
renewal, that cognitive capitalism has succeeded in globalizing the mental-manual division …

Champions of creative economy maintain that, unlike labor in manufacturing, labor in the
creative industries is independent and innovative. They also claim that we are witnessing a …

At independence in 1965, the government and the People's Action Party (PAP), which has
ruled Singapore since then, inherited an economy that was heavily dependent on entrepot …

Abstract On 26 September 2002, as Singapore faced up to its worst economic year since
attaining full political independence in 1965, the Creative Industries Working Group (CIWG) …