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- ↑ "The Global Creativity Index 2015 - Martin Prosperity Institute". Martinprosperity.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ↑ "Richard Florida's Global Creativity Index". Rcinet.ca. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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