In Who’s Your City, I make an argument about the importance of “place” in the global economy and how it is creating a spiky world…
Restarting economic growth this time around will require a new social and economic framework that is in line with the new idea-driven economy.
Richard Florida and James Milay explore the the effects if a recession hits Canada suggesting that the continuing shift in Canada’s economy from traditional blue-collar, working-class jobs to creative and service jobs will dampen the effects of job losses over all, but those in the working class will feel the pain much more.
According to Richard Florida, jobs are moving to people, not the other way around and our fundamental notions about the economy are not holding up.