Australia rated #1 for creativity

Australia has been ranked as the world's most creative country on the Global Creativity Index thanks to a combination of talent, technology, and tolerance.
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The Design Wall at Melbourne Now features examples of Australian creativity. Image via Curator Simone LeAmon

I like a good index, and the University of Toronto-based American economic geographer Richard Florida has been my main supplier for a few years now.

His super-popular Creative Class products are all made of the same three progressive ingredients: Technology, Talent and Tolerance.

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Jason Potts
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Jason Potts is Professor of Economics, RMIT University.