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Midday with Dan Rodricks

Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class

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In a new book by that title,Scott Timberg, an arts reporter who was laid off by the Los Angeles Times in 2008, argues that the Great Recession and the Internet have wiped out the middle- and working-class segments of the creative class, a group that includes reporters, editors, photojournalists, architects and studio musicians. How do you make a living from art and culture in a high-tech, warp speed, winner-take-all society?