Richard Florida

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.

Urban Revival

Urban Revival

Long-established trends in the growth and decline of America's cities appear to be shifting More »

Chart of the Day: Slow Growth in House Prices

Chart of the Day: Slow Growth in House Prices

If you're thinking about buying a house, there's no rush: you have plenty of time before prices start to tick up significantly More »

The Great Homeownership Reset

The Great Homeownership Reset

Market forces are already causing a significant reset in America's housing system -- and a lot quicker than most people imagine. More »

What Makes Cities Fit

What Makes Cities Fit

Levels of income, human capital, and creative class are factors that may determine cities' levels of health and fitness More »

The Great Housing Reset

The Great Housing Reset

Many Americans have begun questioning the conventional wisdom for buying a home More »

Bohemian Index

Bohemian Index

What are the most and least bohemian cities? More »

The Great Car Reset

The Great Car Reset

American attitudes about cars and driving are changing More »

The Global Innovation Paradox

The Global Innovation Paradox

Globalization was supposed to off-shore manufacturing and leave R&D in the States. But today, even innovation is moving overseas. More »

The Density of Smart People

The Density of Smart People

What city has the most college degrees per square mile? (It isn't New York) More »

Housing Prices and the Great Reset

Housing Prices and the Great Reset

Housing markets continue to seesaw in cities across the country More »

Start-Ups Surge in the Great Reset

Start-Ups Surge in the Great Reset

Creative destruction reigned in the Great Recession. A new study finds that 2009 was a banner year for new business start-ups. More »

How to Downsize Detroit

How to Downsize Detroit

Five tips on shrinking older industrial cities. More »

The Housing Seesaw

The Housing Seesaw

Why do housing prices remain more stable in some areas than others? More »

Where to Buy, Where to Rent

Where to Buy, Where to Rent

What factors you should consider in the owning v. renting debate More »

'America Needs to Get Over Its House Passion'

'America Needs to Get Over Its House Passion'

Owning your own home may be the cornerstone of the American Dream, but it may not be good for America More »

Smart Work and Smart Cities Pay

Smart Work and Smart Cities Pay

Cities with large immigrant and gay populations generate higher earnings, contrary to popular belief More »

Free, Tolerant, and Happy

Free, Tolerant, and Happy

To what extent is economic freedom associated with tolerance and happiness? Are freer nations also more tolerant? More »

Recession, Recovery ... Remodeling

Recession, Recovery ... Remodeling

What an intriguing new indicator says about the state of the economy More »

Working Smart for the Money

Working Smart for the Money

Working smarter, and not working harder, is what brings higher earnings to states More »

Personality and the Census

Personality and the Census

What factors might drive census participation? With the help of my colleague Charlotta Mellander, I decided to take a quick look More »

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