Daily Bafflements

• Americans are taking the least amount of vacation time in forty years, reports the Guardian. They’re forfeiting billions of dollars worth of vacation days without getting raises, nor scoring “points with their bosses” for the sacrifice. (Via Jordan Fraade.)

• What is the “creative class,” anyway? Richard Florida: still at it, still baffling. (Via @neville_park and @matcatastrophe.)

• Despite being basically illegal in one of its biggest markets, Airbnb is now valued at $13 billion. (Via Valleywag.)

• Today in Billionaires: Someone asked on Quora, what’s the difference between billionaires and millionaires? A lot of people had very insightful opinions on that one, such as: “Billionaires understand the power of leverage, the power of teamwork…. Millionaires and ordinary people don’t know the power of leverage or they don’t know how to assemble and lead a team.”