The flight of the creative class : the new global competition for talent / Richard Florida. - 1. ed. - New York, NY : HarperBusiness, 2005. - 326 S. : graph. Darst. ISBN 0-06-075690-X

Shelf mark EURAC-Library: QG 620 F636

This book has a simple thesis: the key to economic growth is innovation, and the key to innovation is properly encouraged human talent. The United States is in the process of losing it's pre-eminence as a destination for talent from around the world (in science, economy, engineering and the arts) and is investing too little in potential talent at home -- partly as a result of post-September 11 immigration restrictions, partly because of the attractions of other countries and cities. Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, Sydney, Wellington, and Toronto, among others, are drawing in energetic talent from around the world. In Florida's view, the key threat to the United States is not China or India; it is losing out to other places that will become the centers of innovation in the future world economy.

About the Author
Richard Florida is the author of the best-selling "The Rise of the Creative Class", which was awarded the Political Book Award for 2002 by the Washington Monthly and named by the Globe and Mail as one of the ten most influential books of that year. Florida is the Heinz Professor of Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon, and he has been a visiting professor at MIT and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He earned his bachelor's degree from Rutgers College and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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