In Oklahoma’s second-largest city, a new vision of economic development is being born.
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is a visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University and University Professor at the University of Toronto. His many books include The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis. Thanks are due to the team at the George Kaiser Family Foundation, where the author is an adviser, and to the dozens of people in Tulsa who generously participated in interviews, as well as Arthur Goldwag for assistance with research and editing.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2013
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Creative Class War
How the GOP’s anti-elitism could ruin America’s economy
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The New American Dream
The economy will prosper again when more Americans can do the work they love. The party that realizes this first wins.
Posted inMagazine, May 2002
The Rise of the Creative Class
Why cities without gays and rock bands are losing the economic development race.
