Re-futuring creative economies: beyond bad dreams and the banal imagination

Abstract

At a time when it is becoming more urgently necessary to question the capitalist foundations of economic life, supporting 'growth', free markets and unfettered accumulation remain the foundational premises of 'creative economy' 1 policy. In the UK, for example, the dominant claim is that investment in culture and creativity boosts economic activity and national output -outlined in publications such as Culture is Digital