The Rise of the Creative Class and How It's Transforming Work, Life, Community and Everyday Life - Hardcover

Florida, Richard

 
9780465024766: The Rise of the Creative Class and How It's Transforming Work, Life, Community and Everyday Life

Synopsis

Argues that the social changes of the past few decades have occurred by choice rather than involuntarily, citing the rise of a new creative social class that derives its identity and values from its roles as purveyors of creativity and finds its basis in the economy. 40,000 first printing.

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Review

"An exhaustive study that ought to be read by every city planner and economic developer who wants to thrive in the next century.... It tells us a lot about ourselves, where we've been and where we are going."

Book Description

"Ten years later, [Florida's original] book seems prescient. For the first time, being different is more prized than fitting in and black-and-white thinkers are being left behind."-Business Insider

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