Robert Morris interviews Richard Florida. In his latest book, The Great Reset, Florida explains how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity.
adminApril 13, 2010
The tale of the economy’s remarkable turnaround is largely the story of swift reaction, a willingness to write off bad debts and restructure, and an embrace of efficiency—disciplines largely invented in the U.S. America still leads the world at processing failure, at latching on to new innovations and building them to scale quickly and profitably. “We are the most adaptive, inventive nation, and have proven quite resilient,” says Richard Florida, sociologist and author of The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.
adminApril 12, 2010
Since 2007, Americans have suffered through the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Florida is among a growing number of researchers who think that these are signs that the United States is becoming a nation of renters, and that the shift could be good for our pocketbooks, the economy and even our happiness.
adminApril 12, 2010
This research examines the effect of skill
in cities on regional wages. In place of the extant literature’s focus on human
capital or knowledge-based or creative
occupations, we focus our analysis on actual skills.
adminApril 8, 2010
Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, talks about that book and his next one, The Great Reset, as keynote speaker for the opening of the Creative Cities Summit at the Lexington Center.
adminApril 8, 2010
Florida is the keynote speaker at the opening of the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, a three-day international conference of people focused on economic development and revitalization of their communities.
adminApril 7, 2010
Richard Florida, author of Who’s Your City? featured in Business Management Review’s Profile column.
adminApril 5, 2010
According to Dallas Business Commentary Examiner, Robert Morris there is no one else who generates more and more valuable insights concerning the evolution of the U.S. culture than does Richard Florida.
adminMarch 17, 2010