Mining a different type of boom: the growth of Australia's creative services

There is much gnashing of teeth about Australia’s two speed economy and warnings about the so-called “Dutch disease” – a resources-driven boom that fundamentally imbalances a national economy. The impression that may be left for the 99.99% of the population who are not professional economists is that our best current economic asset (mining) is actually a liability, and the rest of our economy is, if not a basket case, then on the brakes in the slow lane..