While both presidential candidates are quick to accuse the other of stooping to class warfare, neither will admit how class-ridden America has become. It’s ironic because this widening class divide represents one of the nation’s gravest dangers.
Michael Hill interviews Richard Florida on the release of his latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
Britannica contributing editor Gregory McNamee caught up with Florida to ask a few questions about the new version of his book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, in which, having crunched the numbers on 300-plus U.S. metropolitan areas, he observes, “Human capital may reflect richer places, but it seems that the creative class makes a place more productive.”
Ten years ago, Richard Florida published his first book about how creativity was emerging as a common
element shaping America’s economy, geography,communities, and jobs. Now, in The Rise of the Creative Class: Revisited, Florida reveals updated statistics and discusses how the United States has reached a Creative Age that will be the driving force behind its economic recovery. Florida recently spoke with U.S. News about how creativity has pervaded every aspect of Americans’ lives, but has also
caused a new kind of class divide.
Financial Times review of The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited. This book clears some of the ground for modern reform.
Richard Florida speaks with U.S. News about how creativity has pervaded every aspect of Americans’ lives, but has also caused a new kind of class divide.
Florida revisits his book The Rise of the Creative Class and rewrote it to reflect modern times. In The Rise of the Creative Class–Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition–Revised and Expanded, he explores what social forces brought down the traditional corporate world and led to a rise in the counterculture.
Jay Robb reviews Richard Florida’s latest book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
Creativity is now the main driver of America’s economy, and is more and more concentrated in and around cities. Richard Florida reports on the trend—and lists the nation’s most creative metro areas, from Boulder to metropolitan Austin to the Washington, D.C. region.
800 CEO Read’s creative manifesto for the release of Richard Florida’s new book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited.
