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The Creative Class and Economic Development

2014; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 28; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0891242414541693

1552-3543

Richard Florida,

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

The Rise of the Creative Class, which was originally published in 2002, has generated widespread conversation and debate and has had a considerable impact on economic development policy and practice. This essay briefly recaps the key tenants of the creative class theory of economic development, discusses the key issues in the debate over it, and assesses its impacts on economic development policy.