This incredibly interesting and well-written commentator on the socio-economics of the modern era has hit yet another grand slam, eclipsing his phenomenal “Rise of the Creative Class” with the bright-yellow covered, “The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive a Post-Crash Prosperity.”
adminJune 3, 2010
Urban studies theorist Richard Florida came by the Big Think offices to talk about what he’s coined “The Great Reset”—the effects of the economic crisis on our country, and how it is reshaping the way we live.
adminJune 3, 2010
Interview with Richard Florida by Gretchen Rubin who was curious about how the author thinks about happiness in the context of his own life.
adminJune 1, 2010
“The promise of the current Reset is the opportunity for a life made better not by ownership of real estate, appliances, cars, and all manner of material goods, but by greater flexibility and lower levels of debt, more time with family and friends, greater promise of personal development, and access to more and better experiences.”
adminJune 1, 2010
If – as the author Richard Florida and others contend – we are in the middle of the sort of change that followed the Long Depression and the Great Depression of the 1930s, then the usual measures to deal with economic downturns are unlikely to work.
adminMay 27, 2010
Royal Philips Electronics annouced the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities. Individuals, community or non-governmental groups and businesses are eligible to participate in the Award program.
adminMay 26, 2010
Royal Philips Electronics announces the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities with Richard Florida as chair of the international panel of experts.
adminMay 25, 2010