false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170537935m/60042.jpg 60042 8 The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. <P> The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award Winner<P> </I>The Rise of the Creative Class</I> gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy. Just as William Whyte's 1956 classic The Organization Man showed how the organizational ethos of that age permeated every aspect of life, Florida describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant. Millions of us are beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always have-with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living--the Creative Class. The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea of change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises more than thirty percent of the entire workforce. Their choices have already had a huge economic impact. In the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither. 3299590 2002 The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life total:442|5:74|4:157|3:153|2:47|1:11| 442 1562 986 80 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jun 12 12:40:16 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 12:42:40 -0700 2007 Seriously, I think the creative class is coming hot on the heels of the industrialized society - I on...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jun 09 07:54:36 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 06:55:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 13 07:50:48 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 29 23:13:05 -0800 2007
I read the newer version with the updated stats - that raised Denver's place in the Creative strata. The Creati...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:02:07 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 17:49:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 12 12:28:33 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 12:31:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 02 19:46:37 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:55:42 -0800 2009
the book is fantastic--although the ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 07:49:34 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 08:16:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:12:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 15:54:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:30:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:36:36 -0700 2009 Australia is an old-school industrialised country. I have long be disappointed by the work options here in a country where there is plenty of innovation and creatives (they almost all g...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jun 25 13:01:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:01:41 -0700 2009 Lewis Mumford

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I saw it on the book shelf of an interviewer and asked him what he thought. One thing led to another...

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