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The Essence of Creativity

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In this book, “creative economy” is defined as the economy that promotes the market and social values of creative activities and improves the well-being of the people. The value of creative activities is closely related with the well-being of the people because creative activities that improve well-being gain high market value. In this chapter, we discuss about the essences of creativity, and derive some implications for the optimal economic and social system for a creative economy.

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  1. Center for the Study of the Creative Economy, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Stomu Yamash’ta

  2. Sound Core Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan

    Stomu Yamash’ta

  3. Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Tadashi Yagi

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  2. Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Tadashi Yagi

  3. Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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Yamash’ta, S., Yagi, T. (2018). The Essence of Creativity. In: Yamash’ta, S., Yagi, T., Hill, S. (eds) The Kyoto Manifesto for Global Economics. Creative Economy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6478-4_13

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