Richard Florida
Richard Florida is Co-Founder and Editor at Large at The Atlantic Cities. He's also a Senior Editor at The Atlantic, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and Global Research Professor at New York University. He is a frequent speaker to communities, business and professional organizations, and founder of the Creative Class Group, whose current client list can be found here.
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Maps
Where Are the Most Uninsured Americans?
It varies widely across the country.
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Charts
Is Portland Really Where Young People Go to Retire?
According to a new study, the city attracts the young and college-educated at some of the highest rates in the country.
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How the Creative Class Is Reshaping America's Electoral Map
Educated professionals are anchoring a new kind of voting coalition.
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Maps
The Geography of the 47%
The states with the highest share of tax non-payers may actually contain the very conservative votes that Romney needs.
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Charts
Where High-Growth Company Founders Start Out and Where They End Up
The flow of entrepreneurial talent and which metros are "producing," "exporting," "importing," and "consuming" it.
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Why Eds and Meds Alone Can't Revitalize Cities
Beyond any impending bubble in education and health care spending, these two sectors are not a source of economic development in the first place.
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America's Best Places for a Raise Since the Great Recession
Over time, the crisis has hit wages and salaries much harder in some metros than in others.
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Charts
The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth
One in seven young Americans are neither working nor going to school.
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Maps
What to Consider in Deciding Whether to Rent or Buy
Updated data from metros across the United States.
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Talent Beats Trade in Economic Development
Turns out human capital is vastly more important than trade when it comes to generating regional growth.
