Richard Florida

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Richard Florida
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Florida in 2006
Born1957 (age 6667)
SpouseRana Florida
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Florida's ideas have been criticized from a variety of political perspectives and by both academics and journalists. His theories have been criticized as being elitist, and his conclusions have been questioned. [9] Researchers have also criticized Florida's work for its methodology. Terry Nichols Clark of the University of Chicago used Florida's own data to question the correlation between the presence of significant numbers of gay men in a city and the presence of high-technology knowledge industries. [10] Harvard economist Edward Glaeser analyzed Florida's data and concluded that educational levels, rather than the presence of bohemians or gay people, is correlated with metropolitan economic development. [11] Other critics have said that the conditions it describes may no longer exist, and that his theories may be better suited to politics, rather than economics. [12] Florida has gone on to directly reply to a number of these objections. [7]

Some scholars have voiced concern over Florida's influence on urban planners throughout the United States. A 2010 book, Weird City , examines Florida's influence on planning policy in Austin, Texas. The main body of the book treats Florida's creative class theory in an introductory and neutral tone, but in a theoretical "postscript" chapter, the author criticizes what he describes as Florida's tendency to "whitewash" the negative externalities associated with creative city development. [13]

Thomas Frank criticizes Florida's "creative class" formulation as one of "several flattering ways of describing the professional cohort," this particular one being "the most obsequious designation of them all." Frank places the creative class within a broader critique of the Democratic Party: "Let us be clear about the political views Florida was expounding here. [14] The problem with, say, George W. Bush's administration was not that it favored the rich; it was that it favored the wrong rich—the 'old-economy' rich.... Florida wept for unfairly ignored industries, but he expressed little sympathy for the working people whose issues were now ignored by both parties." [15]

Personal life

Florida lives in Toronto and Miami and is married to Rana Florida. [16] [17]

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References

  1. Caroline Alphonso and Joanna Smith (July 10, 2007). "'Stars aligned' for urban guru's move". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. Florida, Richard; Pedigo, Steven (2017). "The Case for Inclusive Prosperity" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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  5. "Bio". Premiere Speakers. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. Colbert, Stephen (July 16, 2007). "Richard Florida (interview)". Comedy Central. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
  7. 1 2 Florida, Richard (April 28, 2004). "In Defense of the 'Creative Class' - Author Richard Florida responds to criticisms of "The Rise of the Creative Class."".
  8. Satin, Mark (2004). Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now. Westview Press and Basic Books, pp. 14, 16. ISBN   978-0-8133-4190-3.
  9. Jamie Peck. "Struggling with the Creative Class" (PDF).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Terry Nichols Clark. "Urban Amenities: Lakes, Opera, and Juice Bars Do They Drive Development?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Edward L. Glaeser. "Review of Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class.
  12. Malanga, Steven (Winter 2004). "The Curse of the Creative Class". City Journal.
  13. Long, Joshua (2010). Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas . University of Texas Press.
  14. Florida, Richard. "Creative Class War". Washington Monthly. No. January/February 2004.
  15. Frank, Thomas (2016). Listen, Liberal. New York: Metropolitan Books. pp. 134, 137. ISBN   9781627795401.
  16. "Rana Florida".
  17. Viglucci, Andres (August 19, 2012). "Miami now winter home to 'creative-class' thinker Richard Florida". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

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