Richard Florida and The Creative Class
Richard Florida is a professor of public policy at George Mason University.
He is best known for his work in developing his concept of the creative class and its ramifications in urban regeneration. He received a PhD from Columbia University in 1986 and taught at Carnegie Mellon University from 1987 to 2005. He is the author of the bestselling books:
The Rise of the Creative Class 
The Flight of the Creative Class 
Here’s Florida on NPR talks his books and the creative class (6 minutes)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4659576
IT Conversations hosted a talk at PopTech 2004 where Florida talked more in details (42 minutes) about The Rise of the Creative Class:
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail232.html
Does New York need to think more creatively? Richard Florida says current policies are putting New York’s creative edge at risk (18 minutes):
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2005/08/08#segment50335
And a longer video of Florida on Charlie Rose (56 minutes):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1156163746651756400
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1156163746651756400
For Florida’s websites, visit:
http://www.creativeclass.org/
