Comments on: The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/ Big Ideas for a Better World Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: A new way to work | Michael Gracie http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-68858 A new way to work | Michael Gracie Wed, 30 May 2007 06:40:58 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-68858 [...] Cato Unbound gets Richard Florida talking about the future of the American workforce in the new age of creativity. [...] […] Cato Unbound gets Richard Florida talking about the future of the American workforce in the new age of creativity. […]

]]> By: In relative motion » Online texts I’ve been intending to read http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1862 In relative motion » Online texts I’ve been intending to read Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:58:07 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1862 [...] CATO Unbound: The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy [...] […] CATO Unbound: The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy […]

]]> By: AMERICAN DIGEST http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1820 AMERICAN DIGEST Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:28:02 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1820 <strong>Things Found in My Pajamas</strong> A reader asks if "American Digest" shall fade away. Never, but as noted below I've become quite busy with a number of new projects at Pajamas Media. Briefly put, this job equals about 2.5 jobs. There's a lot of work being done behind the scenes, bu... Things Found in My Pajamas

A reader asks if “American Digest” shall fade away. Never, but as noted below I’ve become quite busy with a number of new projects at Pajamas Media. Briefly put, this job equals about 2.5 jobs. There’s a lot of work being done behind the scenes, bu…

]]> By: Pajamas Media http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1807 Pajamas Media Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:35:55 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1807 <strong>The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy</strong> Comng soon: "a new economic paradigm, where knowledge, innovation, and creativity are key. At the cutting edge of this shift is the creative sector of the economy: science and technology, art and design, culture and entertainment, and the knowledge-ba... The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy

Comng soon: “a new economic paradigm, where knowledge, innovation, and creativity are key. At the cutting edge of this shift is the creative sector of the economy: science and technology, art and design, culture and entertainment, and the knowledge-ba…

]]> By: Thought Market http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1790 Thought Market Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:59:04 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1790 <strong>A new way to work</strong> Cato Unbound gets Richard Florida talking about the future of the American workforce in the new age of creativity. Call it what you like, but there are risks to going it alone. Like, working in a one-person office, working 24/7,... A new way to work

Cato Unbound gets Richard Florida talking about the future of the American workforce in the new age of creativity. Call it what you like, but there are risks to going it alone. Like, working in a one-person office, working 24/7,…

]]> By: News Articles » Blog Archive » Articles for discussion on June 29 (plus a few extras) http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1771 News Articles » Blog Archive » Articles for discussion on June 29 (plus a few extras) Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:12:32 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1771 [...] The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy (Note: I’m including this article because the author mentions Taipei as an important city in the “global creative economy.”) http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/ [...] […] The Future of the American Workforce in the Global Creative Economy (Note: I’m including this article because the author mentions Taipei as an important city in the “global creative economy.”) http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/ […]

]]> By: Blog http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1733 Blog Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:39:51 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1733 [...] Richard Florida, an economist, has written several books and articles about what he calls “the creative class” - those people who use creativity in their work. He is not exclusively speaking about artists. His “creative class” includes entrepreneurs, computer programers, hairdressers, architects, marketers etc. Basically anyone who is not in the managerial, industrial, or service sector falls into this class. He has written a new article that summerizes some of his ideas. [...] […] Richard Florida, an economist, has written several books and articles about what he calls “the creative class” - those people who use creativity in their work. He is not exclusively speaking about artists. His “creative class” includes entrepreneurs, computer programers, hairdressers, architects, marketers etc. Basically anyone who is not in the managerial, industrial, or service sector falls into this class. He has written a new article that summerizes some of his ideas. […]

]]> By: IQ Magnets in the Muslim World | Austrolabe http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1673 IQ Magnets in the Muslim World | Austrolabe Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:53:16 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1673 [...] I recently came across an interesting essay by Richard Florida that was published on the excellent Cato Unbound site. Florida writes about the Wellington experience, using Bill Gate’s term IQ magnet to describe these sorts of cities: cities where smart and creative people gather, from across the world, to work, do business and learn. [...] […] I recently came across an interesting essay by Richard Florida that was published on the excellent Cato Unbound site. Florida writes about the Wellington experience, using Bill Gate’s term IQ magnet to describe these sorts of cities: cities where smart and creative people gather, from across the world, to work, do business and learn. […]

]]> By: Ipso Facto » Blog Archive » The Coming (or Continued?) Hegemony of Sophisticates http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1614 Ipso Facto » Blog Archive » The Coming (or Continued?) Hegemony of Sophisticates Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:36:17 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1614 [...] In his essay at the online intellectual marketplace of the Cato Institute (a libertarian think-tank) Florida predicts a slowly evolving and increasingly sharp class dichotomy: [T]he very forces of concentration fueling the growth of the global creative economy are also creating powerful new social, cultural, and political divides in the United States. UCLA economist Ed Leamer has dubbed this division “geeks vs. grunts.” But it’s more aptly seen as a growing divide between those who enjoy higher-paying higher-skill work in the creative sector and those who do lower-wage lower-skill service work. It’s no coincidence that these are the two sectors of the U.S. economy enjoying rapid growth. Alongside its 10 million new creative sector jobs, the U.S. economy will add another 5 million, mostly low-paying, service jobs over the coming decade—including 735,000 retail salespeople, 550,000 food service workers, 470,000 customer service representatives, 440,000 janitors, 375,000 waiters and waitresses, and 230,000 landscapers and groundskeepers. Impressive figures: until one considers that these jobs pay a third of those in the Creative Economy, and half of what manufacturing workers make. As the U.S. loses another half-million high-paying manufacturing jobs over the coming decade to automation, improved efficiency, and outsourcing, its labor market is essentially cleaving into two distinct economic classes: high-skilled, high-paying creative work and much lower paying, low skill work in the service economy. [...] […] In his essay at the online intellectual marketplace of the Cato Institute (a libertarian think-tank) Florida predicts a slowly evolving and increasingly sharp class dichotomy: [T]he very forces of concentration fueling the growth of the global creative economy are also creating powerful new social, cultural, and political divides in the United States. UCLA economist Ed Leamer has dubbed this division “geeks vs. grunts.” But it’s more aptly seen as a growing divide between those who enjoy higher-paying higher-skill work in the creative sector and those who do lower-wage lower-skill service work. It’s no coincidence that these are the two sectors of the U.S. economy enjoying rapid growth. Alongside its 10 million new creative sector jobs, the U.S. economy will add another 5 million, mostly low-paying, service jobs over the coming decade—including 735,000 retail salespeople, 550,000 food service workers, 470,000 customer service representatives, 440,000 janitors, 375,000 waiters and waitresses, and 230,000 landscapers and groundskeepers. Impressive figures: until one considers that these jobs pay a third of those in the Creative Economy, and half of what manufacturing workers make. As the U.S. loses another half-million high-paying manufacturing jobs over the coming decade to automation, improved efficiency, and outsourcing, its labor market is essentially cleaving into two distinct economic classes: high-skilled, high-paying creative work and much lower paying, low skill work in the service economy. […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1601 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:40:42 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1601 <strong>The Future of the American Workforce</strong> Richard Florida writes about "IQ Magnets" and the future of the American workforce. The Future of the American Workforce

Richard Florida writes about “IQ Magnets” and the future of the American workforce.

]]> By: reveries - extra texture » Blog Archive » Creative Economy http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1596 reveries - extra texture » Blog Archive » Creative Economy Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:09:19 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/04/richard-florida/the-future-of-the-american-workforce-in-the-global-creative-economy/#comment-1596 [...] In the past two and a half decades, a shift has taken us from the older industrial model to a new economic paradigm, where knowledge, innovation, and creativity are key. (more) [...] […] In the past two and a half decades, a shift has taken us from the older industrial model to a new economic paradigm, where knowledge, innovation, and creativity are key. (more) […]

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