Kurt Andersen and his guest, the economist Richard Florida, discuss what happens when creativity loses its capital. Teachers rave about a curriculum for visual art that’s being cut in schools around the country. A filmmaker shoots a movie about starving artists and realizes that all he can think about is money. And a poet bucks the odds and makes a living — writing poetry.
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