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  • The Rise of the Creative Class

    by Richard Florida ...
    World-renowned urbanist Richard Florida's bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century -- now updated with a new prefaceIn his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class reshaping the twenty-first century's economy, geography, and workplace. This Creative Class is made up of engineers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Who's Your City?

    How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

    by Richard Florida ...
    In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesn't't matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat.Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, it's more important than ever. In fact, choosing a place to live is as important to your happiness as choosing a spouse or career. And some regions, recent ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Great Reset

    How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

    by Richard Florida ...
    From Richard Florida, author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City?, comes a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008–09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to “reset.” In doing so, he paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like—of how we will work and live—in the future.This economic crisis doesn’t represent ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • The Way We Live Next

    The New Economic Map of Work, Life, and Power

    by Richard Florida, Vladislav Boutenko, Suresh Subudhi ...
    A sweeping account of one of the most consequential changes in modern life: how digital technology is unbundling work and life from the old constraints of place—and how we can build better cities, communities, and lives in the world that comes next.Where should we live? Where should we work? Where should we raise our children, care for our families, find community, and build a life? For most of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The New Urban Crisis

    How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It

    by Richard Florida ...
    In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    The Way We Live Next

    The New Economic Map of Work, Life, and Power

    by Richard Florida, Vladislav Boutenko, Suresh Subudhi ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    A sweeping account of one of the most consequential changes in modern life: how digital technology is unbundling work and life from the old constraints of place—and how we can build better cities, communities, and lives in the world that comes next.Where should we live? Where should we work? Where should we raise our children, care for our families, find community, and build a life? For most of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • The Flight of the Creative Class

    The New Global Competition for Talent

    by Richard Florida ...
    Research–driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high–value jobs from the USA.Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida identified these variously skilled individuals as the source of economic revitalisation in US cities ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Housing and the New Financial Mark

    by Richard Florida ...
    This book explores how deregulation affect housing finance, and gives the broad patterns of development of institutions participating in mortgage markets. It also explores how the new housing finance system influences the cost and affordability of shelter. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Cities and the Creative Class

    by Richard Florida ...
    In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative**Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent. ... Read more

    Was $64.99 USD Now $57.99 USD

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    The New Urban Crisis

    How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do about It

    by Richard Florida ...
    Narrated by Traber Burns ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 3 min

    In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Great Reset

    How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

    by Richard Florida ...
    Narrated by Eric Conger ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    From Richard Florida, author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City?, comes a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008–09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to “reset.” In doing so, he paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like—of how we will work and live—in the future. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Year in Tech, 2024: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

    by Harvard Business Review, David De Cremer, Richard Florida, Ethan Mollick, Nita A. Farahany ...
    Series series HBR Insights Series
    A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Generative AI, Web3, neurotech, reusable rockets to power the space economy—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus