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
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“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 Rotman prof by day, rock star by night—who just released his latest urban manifesto—reveals the 10 things he can’t live without.
adminMay 18, 2010
Rather than consign nearly half of the nation’s workers to relatively low-paying jobs, why not use the recession as an opportunity to make over service work into something fulfilling and analytical, hopefully with higher wages? So asks Richard Florida, professor, social scientist, and author. Following the release of his latest tome,The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, NEWSWEEK’S Nancy Cook asked Florida about his vision for “upgrading” the service economy.
adminMay 18, 2010
We’re going through what University of Toronto urbanologist Richard Florida calls “the Great Reset,” the title of his new book. There is a realization that our consumption-based lifestyle will have to change if we’re to enjoy a sustainable standard of living. Everything is being reevaluated during the Great Reset.
adminMay 17, 2010
Richard Florida’s, The Great Reset, examines how the financial crisis could spark real change.
adminMay 17, 2010
The Great Reset we’re in the middle of is going to take time, but it is happening now, and where we live and work—and how we live and work—is going to have to change to meet the new economy’s needs. To navigate that change, Richard Florida’s The Great Reset is the perfect guide.
adminMay 17, 2010
Richard Florida, an author and professor, wrote the following piece in response to an article by BNET’s Jessica Stillman, ‘Do Guns and Oil Outearn Brains.
adminMay 15, 2010
Local entrepreneurship, arts and cultural industries … have become the core stuff of economic development, writes Richard Florida in The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity. Please see the excerpt.
adminMay 15, 2010
Richard Florida says it’s time to stop propping up the old economy. His solution? Ditch the car, live downtown and become a renter
adminMay 15, 2010
Urban theorist Richard Florida says so many people are trapped in homeownership today that it’s harming our economy.
adminMay 14, 2010
Richard Florida explains why long commutes used to make sense — and why they no longer do
adminMay 14, 2010
Felix Salmon’s review of Richard Florida’s new book, The Great Reset. The conceit of this book is that the crisis of 2008 will act much like previous crises in 1873 and 1933, and mark the point at which the old way of doing things died and a new social order began to rise from the ashes.
adminMay 12, 2010
Part 1: Richard Florida talks to Don Peck about how the great American cities rose out of the Industrial Revolution
adminMay 12, 2010
As Michael Lewis explained to us yesterday, there is no question we’ve just been through the worst economic crises since the great depression. As we begin to recover, we all wonder what will be different? What lessons will we take away? It should be clear by now that enough has changed that we can’t solve everything just by regulating Wall Street. We will each have to find ways to reform ourselves and our values to reflect the changing economy, strained resources and a new emphasis on what constitutes real value. All of this is what bestselling author, public intellectual and economic development expert Richard Florida calls The Great Reset.
adminMay 11, 2010
Richard Florida, who wrote a widely-quoted book about revitalizing cities by attracting “the creative class,” has penned a new book about changes wrought by this financial crisis – especially in housing. It’s titled “The Great Reset.”
adminMay 10, 2010
According to BizEd in The Great Reset, Richard Florida offers a thoughtful, generally hopeful assessment of where we are now, how we got here – and how we can rebuild in the future.
adminMay 10, 2010
Richard Florida examines how in a broader creative sector, the United States will add 10 million jobs over the next decade. While the U.S. economy will add more than one million computer and engineering jobs, health care and education are expected to generate more than three times as many jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
adminMay 10, 2010
Richard Florida, author of the new book The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity, argues that periods of economic distress can ultimately lead to significant demographic change — and that to capitalize on the changes to come, we need to develop and embrace the creative abilities of our citizens in order to take advantage of a nimble new economy.
adminMay 10, 2010
Richard Florida’s latest book, The Great Reset, looks at the lasting effects of economic recessions: how they’ve shaped our society in the past, and how the one we’re currently in will do so again over the next few decades. Jeremy’s Dann’s interview here with Richard Florida.
adminMay 6, 2010
Every Great Reset has seen our system of housing change.The rate of home ownership has been on the decline for some time now. Many of those who still choose to buy homes will choose smaller ones, while many more will opt for rental housing. A further look at housing in America after the Great Reset.
adminMay 6, 2010
Bloomberg’s 50 of their avorite titles published since Jan. 1, 2009, including Richard Florida’s, The Great Reset.
adminMay 4, 2010
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says if you’re looking for a book to brighten your outlook on current events, pick up Richard Florida’s, The Great Reset.
adminMay 2, 2010
The Daily Beast’s pick for this week’s hot reads says The Great Reset is a bold prospectus from Richard Florida on how the U.S. can get back on its feet.
adminMay 2, 2010
DaytonCREATE was born out of Richard Florida’s creative class concept and it has gone on to create burgeoning groups and events for the Dayton area.
adminMay 2, 2010
TheStreet.com goes behind the headlines to find out who and what is really moving the market each day.
adminApril 29, 2010
Richard Florida’s new book “The Great Reset” puts forth a road map to not only survive, but to prosper as we come out of this latest recession.
adminApril 29, 2010
Florida in his new book, The Great Reset, argues that economic bust is usually followed by innovation boom, resulting in better living standards.
adminApril 29, 2010
Robert Morris’ 5 out of 5 Star Review of Richard Florida’s, The Great Reset. According to Morris, The Great Reset is the most valuable book that Richard Florida has written…thus far.
adminApril 27, 2010
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, “The Great Reset.”
adminApril 27, 2010
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, “The Great Reset.”
adminApril 27, 2010
How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, “The Great Reset.”
adminApril 27, 2010
Economic crises present opportunities for social and economic resets. Author and economic development expert Richard Florida gives his view of what’s ahead in his new book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.
adminApril 27, 2010
Richard Florida is urging Americans to be…less rooted. Florida points to studies indicating that in areas of high home ownership — translation: low geographic mobility — there is “less economic productivity, higher rates of unemployment and…lower levels of well-being.”
adminApril 27, 2010
In The Great Reset, a new book by bestselling author, professor and economic expert Richard Florida shows how the recovery will transform our jobs, housing, transportation, and even the American Dream. We will rent homes instead of owning them. We will have new forms of transportation and infrasctructure to speed the movement of people and ideas. We will live in more densely populated megaregions instead of what we now call cities and suburbs. The hard road to prosperity will bring new innovations that will change our lives for the better.
adminApril 27, 2010
For those who hold strongly to the belief that cities are the engines of development, Florida’s thesis on the clustering of creative people has provided a concrete path to development. What the urban managers and planners have to do is to attract creative people to their cities.
adminApril 27, 2010
Even though many economists are proclaiming the “Great Recession” ending or over, the nearly 10 percent of Americans who are unemployed probably find it difficult to imagine exactly what a prosperous, post-recession America will look like. Richard Florida, author of “The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity,” says that’s because the crash has fundamentally altered how we feel about spending and saving. He says we’re all in the process of resetting the way we work and live.
adminApril 27, 2010
Urban thinker Richard Florida agrees that owning a home is not always better than renting. In his new book The Great Reset, Florida quotes an economist who believes “America needs to get over its house passion.” Florida talks to Steve Inskeep about new ways to live and work post-recession.
adminApril 27, 2010
Richard Florida, best-selling author and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, describes how today’s economic crisis will drive innovation that will change the way we live and work.
adminApril 22, 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