The Rise of the Creative Class

And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

About this book

Here, 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. He describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant.

Subjects

  • creative ability
  • creative ability in technology
  • creativeness
  • creativity
  • economic aspects
  • economic aspects of creative ability
  • economic conditions
  • economics
  • employment
  • human capital
  • leisure
  • social aspects
  • social aspects of creative ability
  • social classes
  • social classes, united states
  • social conditions
  • sociologi
  • technological innovations
  • technology
  • technology and civilization
  • trends
  • umschulungswerkstätten für siedler und auswanderer
  • united states, economic conditions, 1981-2001
  • united states, social conditions, 1980-
  • work ethic