In Richard Florida\'s "The Rise of the Creative Class," he examines the impact of the creative class on the economy and society. He argues that the creative class, which includes professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as
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Richard L. Florida is an American urban studies theorist and writer best known for his seminal description of the creative class. He focuses on economic and social theory as a distinguished professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and School of Cities. He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 1987 to 2004 before teaching at George Mason University from 2004 to 2007 and subsequently moving to the University of Toronto.