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Florida points out that the sorts of service-sector jobs the U.S. is on track to create the most of in coming years—for home health aides, customer service workers, food preparers, retail sales clerks—don’t necessarily pay all that well, and certainly not as well as the manufacturing jobs they are replacing.
adminJuly 16, 2010
Jonathan Chevreau’s review of Richard Florida’s latest book, The Great Reset with outlook on Toronto.
adminJuly 14, 2010
Richard Florida’s new book, “The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.” equates the current moment to the nation’s two earlier major economic meltdowns — the Long Depression that followed the Panic of 1873 and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The reset that followed each of those episodes transformed the American geography in ways that fit perfectly into the new model for prosperity. It’ll happen again this time, says Florida, but it won’t be quick and easy.
adminJuly 14, 2010
Wondering where you earn the highest incomes? Richard Florida and his team have put together the definitive list of American’s 20 highest earning cities.
adminJuly 14, 2010
Author and Professor Richard Florida discusses his book, “The Great Reset.” Florida directs the Martin Prosperity Institute and is a professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He founded the Creative Class Group, a firm charting new trends in business.
adminJuly 8, 2010
Canada’s economy is badly in need of significant structural changes. Without the pressure of a crisis, there’s a real danger that we’ll settle for complacency, instead.
adminJuly 7, 2010
More and more workers are plugging in and taking meetings at places, like Starbucks, that aren’t home or the office. Richard Florida on why this trend will change our business world.
adminJuly 7, 2010
Periods of crisis and creative destruction such as the current one are when new categories of jobs are created as old categories of jobs are destroyed. The key to a sustained recovery is to turn as many of these – as well as existing lower-paying jobs – into better, family-supporting jobs.
adminJuly 6, 2010
A trio of authors agree in their new books about life in the postcrash world. Rather than bemoaning the harsh realities of the Great Recession, they see the downturn as a chance for Americans to enjoy a healthier, greener lifestyle.
adminJuly 6, 2010
The Creative Class’s Richard Florida, author of “The Great Reset” on global change and recovery after the financial crisis. He will be speaking at the Ideas Fest next week.
JAS’ Horowitz and ACF’s Tormohlen on The Little Dance, a community event for kids on Saturday July 3rd.
adminJuly 2, 2010
People used to follow the jobs; they moved where the company sent them. But today, people often pick a place to live first and then look for work. Today, it may be where we live, rather than who’s employing us at the moment, that attaches us to our work and careers.
adminJune 28, 2010
It’s not just a matter of bank failures, spiraling foreclosures, high unemployment and the rest of this mess. Many of us sense that we’re on the cusp of a fundamental shift in our economy and culture. Though most may be in denial, the evidence strongly suggests that the American economy has been propelled and sustained by criminally inflated credit and rampant speculation, and we are on the precipice of a change that will result in a dramatically altered American landscape.
adminJune 28, 2010
In his latest book, The Great Reset, Florida recounts causes of the Long Depression of 1870s and the Great Depression of 1930s, and analyses the ensuing social and economical effects – the rise of innovation, changes in infrastructure, geographical resettlement and alteration of ways of living and working. Florida calls these adjustments resets and thinks the next Great Reset will take place soon or even now, if not already.
adminJune 26, 2010
According to Philip Langdon, the prescriptions in this stimulating book ought to be on the national agenda. Florida is in the vanguard of something vital.
adminJune 24, 2010
To Richard Florida, calling today’s economic woes the “Great Recession” doesn’t begin to describe the tectonic forces at work. He believes today’s recession is a “great reset” that will fundamentally change the work we do and the way we do it.
adminJune 21, 2010
Jim Donnelly interviews Richard Florida on The Great Reset and how the city of Ottawa fares.
adminJune 17, 2010
Richard Florida says owning a home may actually be a drawback given the economic flexibility required to power long-lasting recovery. He and his colleagues tracked homeownership levels across U.S. cities and regions to see how they correlate to other measurable demographic and economic factors.
adminJune 16, 2010
John Hagel reviews Richard Florida’s compelling new book, The Great Reset, that takes a longer term historical view of changing patterns in the settlement of people and places.
adminJune 15, 2010
According to Delta Sky Magazine, in 23 punchy, provocative chapters, Richard Florida calls for the recalibration of our economy, rating his new book, The Great Reset, 4.5 out of 5 stars in this month’s Read Up.
adminJune 15, 2010
The City of Tyler developed the Industry Growth Initiative (IGI), a plan to bring the city further into the Innovation Economy with much of the research based on the work of Richard Florida.
adminJune 15, 2010
Richard Florida shares his views on what needs to happen if cities are to succeed.
adminJune 15, 2010
The American College of Sports Medicine has just released the latest version of the American Fitness Index, which ranks the health and fitness levels of America’s fifty largest cities.
adminJune 14, 2010
Individuals and the country would be better off if we had fewer home owners and more renters, Richard Florida writes in the Wall Street Journal.
adminJune 14, 2010
There’s no question that this year’s 1.6 million college graduates are entering the job market during one of America’s worst economic crises. But this does not mean that college grads are facing unprecedented kinds of trouble.
adminJune 9, 2010
Florida points out that while it’s a good thing for some people to buy a house,that doesn’t mean everybody should own a home. Home ownership makes it harder for people to move for work, which carries a real cost.
adminJune 7, 2010
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
Richard Florida, the well-known economist and urban theorist, says the Capital Region of Albany is one of the top 25 areas for the young and ambitious.
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
Tallahassee has landed as No. 15 in a listing of the 25 Best Cities for College Grads that was reported by Richard Florida, a frequent visitor to the city and an inspiration behind the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) that is at work improving the vitality of life in the community.
adminJune 1, 2010
The news and opinion site TheDailyBeast.com has ranked Albany #23 on its list of 25 best cities for college graduates based on a list by Richard Florida who said he and his team analyzed a Gallup survey of 28,000 Americans in their twenties to figure out the key draws for them in a location after they graduate college.
adminMay 27, 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
The Class of 2010 is heading into the real world but where should they live? Urban guru Richard Florida and his team find the best cities for the young and ambitious.
adminMay 26, 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
Richard Florida examines the challenges Toronto and Canada face, especially in light of how the tectonic economic events of the past 18 months are recasting the role of cities and regions worldwide.
adminMay 24, 2010
Part 4: Richard Florida describes the shift from suburbs to enormous metropolitan regions
adminMay 21, 2010
”The Creativity index appeared to be one of the best metrics to understand sales performance at Cirque. And correlation are strong, therefor we will be now using this metric to anticipate sales performance and better forecast.
Alexandre AlleMarket Insight Advisor, Cirque du Soleil