Richard Florida
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Anthony Orum on Austin
“In Austin, a city of changes, a book like Anthony Orum’s Power, Money & the People: The Making of Modern Austin, is always relevant,” writes Michael Erard. “It’s the only urban history of Austin, tracing the early decisions that fixed the city’s economy, politics, and sense of itself. Unfortunately, the book’s availability has been spotty — until late 2002, when an Oregon press, Wipf and Stock, reissued it.”
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Creative Capital?
In the city of ideas, the people with ideas are the ones with day jobs
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Articulations
The National Endowment for the Arts played Santa Claus last week, dropping federal funding in the stockings of arts organizations, and even went so far as “comin’ to town” to do it, announcing $26 million in grants, including $287,000 to 14 local artists and arts organizations, from here in Austin.
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Austin @ Large: How Weird Is That?
Austin’s recipe for economic vitality collides with the quality-of-life agenda