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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Class-Divided Cities: Atlanta Edition
The fifth installment in our series mapping the class divides in America's cities and metros.
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Charts
Quantifying Downtown Detroit's Comeback
Exactly how the Motor City is rebuilding its urban core.
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Maps
What Is It Exactly That Makes Big Cities Vote Democratic?
Not all urban areas are bastions of blue. Population, density and education all play a role.
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Charts
Sorry Mr. President, Manufacturing Will Not Save Us
4 reasons why Obama is wrong to think the sector can solve the unemployment crisis.
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Class-Divided Cities: Washington, D.C. Edition
The fourth installment in our series mapping the class divides in America's cities and metros.
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Charts
Density vs. Livability in the World's Biggest Cities
The two don't necessarily go together, according to a new report.
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Class-Divided Cities: Chicago Edition
The third in our series mapping the class divides in America's cities and metros.
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Charts
Innovation and the Wealth of Cities
A new Brookings report looks at the relationship between innovation and regional economic growth.
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Is San Francisco Really America's Next Title Town?
Despite the success of this season, the city has a ways to go before joining the superstar ranks of Boston or Green Bay.
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Charts
More Losers Than Winners in America's New Economic Geography
It appears that talent clustering provides little in the way of trickle-down benefits to service and blue-collar workers.
