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The Creative Class is not a class of workers among many, but a group believed to bring economic growth to countries that can attract its members.

The economic benefits conferred by the Creative Class include outcomes in new ideas, high-tech industry and regional growth.

Even though the Creative Class has been around for centuries, the U. S. was the first large country to have a Creative Class dealing with information technology, in the 1960s and 1970s.

In the 1960s less than five percent of the U. S. population was part of the Creative Class, a number that has risen to 26 percent.

Seeing that having a strong Creative Class is vital in today ’ s global economy, Europe is now almost equal with America's numbers for this group.

Inter-city competition to attract members of the Creative Class has developed.