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Richard Florida (born 1957 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American urban studies theorist.

Professor Florida's focus is on social and economic theory. He is currently a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto.[1] He also heads a private consulting firm, the Creative Class Group.

Prof. Florida received a PhD from Columbia University in 1986. Prior to joining George Mason University's School of Public Policy where he spent two years, he taught at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College from 1987 to 2005.


Absolutely amazing what an Ivy League PhD will get you. One can only wonder what sort of economic theory he focused on. His Masters and PhD are in urban planning from Columbia. C.V. didn't say anything about economic analysis, however.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 12:15:32 AM EST
That is a good question, and while I can't answer that one specifically, I do know that his recent work, including his new book The Great Reset, has been influenced by David Harvey.

The book itself is pretty good (and I cited it several times in my article at the CAHSR blog that Bruce linked to above), partly because you can see where Harvey's ideas have seeped into Florida's analysis.

However, it's incomplete; Florida isn't a Marxist, even though he does denounce the FIRE economy and "automobile Keynesianism" in very strong terms. As DoDo noted, Florida is too quick to see major economic dislocations as forces of nature, and isn't sufficiently critical of concentrated wealth. And his Great Reset concept, while something I quite strongly agree with, doesn't really lay out a clear vision of what our economy should look like once the process is complete.

Which is what I'm going to attempt to do in a book proposal I'm currently working on with a publisher here in California. More on that later.

And the world will live as one

by Montereyan (robert at calitics dot com) on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 11:51:25 AM EST
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As DoDo noted

Not me, BruceMcF!

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 02:11:37 PM EST
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Shhh, I've got enough credit for things I learned from you, spillback is fair enough.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 02:41:00 PM EST
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Yikes! Sorry about that, both of you.

And the world will live as one
by Montereyan (robert at calitics dot com) on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 04:26:14 PM EST
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Ha! Apologize to DoDo, I'll take the mistake as a compliment.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Aug 17th, 2010 at 04:37:58 PM EST
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