Archive for September, 2009
Asia-Pacific Cities and Premium Home Prices
Thursday, September 24th, 2009During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries cities in the Atlantic region flourished. As key centers for “world trade” (or at least trade between Europe and the Americas, which to many was the world), great streets for commerce and neighbourhoods for families emerged, including highly exclusive addresses.
Many of these great Atlantic world cities still have pricey […]
Does suburbia reinforce 1950s gender roles?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Over at Creative Class today I blogged about how women have become the majority in Canada’s labour force.
The shift toward a majority female workforce is probably also further evidence that the current economic downturn has accelerated the shift toward a creative economy.
After all, jobs that have traditionally employed women are creative, or have become so […]