Richard Florida Audio & Video

The national best seller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities....

All places are not created equal. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Florida shows that where we live is increasingly a crucial factor in our lives....

Author Richard Florida spells out about how the "creative class" is transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life in "San Diego's Forum on the Future," sponsored by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, LEAD San Diego and the UCSD Civic Collaborative.

History teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society....

In recent years the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline.

The most valued workers today are what the economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class....

This book gathers in one place for the first time the research leading up to Richard Florida's theory on how the growth of the creative economy shapes the development of cities....