%T A manifesto for the creative economy %A Hasan Bakhshi %A Ian Hargreaves %A Juan Mateos-Garcia %I Nesta %D 2013 %K Economics, %K Information technology, %K Cultural industries, %K Innovation, %K Creative economy %U https://apo.org.au/node/33929 %X The UK's creative economy is one of its great national strengths, historically deeply rooted and accounting for around one-tenth of the whole economy. It provides jobs for 2.5 million people – more than in financial services, advanced manufacturing or construction – and in recent years, this creative workforce has grown four times faster than the workforce as a whole. %9 Discussion paper