Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author Florida, Richard L.

Title The flight of the creative class : the new global competition for talent / Richard Florida
Edition First edition
Published New York : HarperBusiness, [2005]
©2005

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT BUSINESS  331.12791 Flo/Fot  AVAILABLE
 MELB  331.12791 Flo/Fot  AVAILABLE
Description 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The flight of the creative class -- 2. Creativity matters -- 3. The open society -- 4. The closing of America? -- 5. The new competitors -- 6. Regions on the rise -- 7. Creative class war -- 8. Divided we fall -- 9. Building a creative society -- App. A. Global creativity by the numbers -- App. B. Measuring the class divide
Summary "In the ground breaking Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida introduced the United States to the rules of engagement in the creative age. The Flight of the Creative Class takes Florida's arguments to the next level, explaining how the same conditions that affect regional economic development, talent exchange, and the unleashing of human creativity play out on the world stage." "He sees cause for concern for the United States - a country long accustomed to its comfortable position at the helm of the global economy - and pockets of potential opening up from Sydney, Shanghai, and Amsterdam to Dublin, Bangalore, and Toronto."
"But the United States still boasts one of the most diverse and creative citizenries in the world, and Florida points out that if it can discover solutions to address rising inequality, the global dissemination of talent, and the inherent tensions of the creative age, it will once again lead the pack. If only the rest of the world doesn't discover those solutions first."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-307) and index
Subject Intellectual capital -- United States.
Creative ability -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001004604
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100167
LC no. 2004060663
ISBN 006075690X
006075690X :