What Makes Nations Thrive? Creativity, Money, and Tolerance
Half the world still struggles for satisfaction. How does income and creativity contribute so much to the divide? More »
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Richard Florida is Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto. See his most recent writing at The Atlantic Cities. More
Florida is author of The Rise of the Creative Class, Who's Your City?, and The Great Reset. He is founder of the Creative Class Group.
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