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The concept of a creative class was developed by American social scientist Richard Florida. According to Florida, the creative class is the driving force for the development of post-industrial cities in the United States, comprising about forty million workers that Florida divides in two broad sections, the super-creative core and the creative professionals. The super-creative core comprises around twelve percent of all US jobs, including science, engineering, computer programming, research, arts, design and media, while the creative professionals are knowledge- based workers, mostly university-educated.
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The concept of a creative class was developed by American social scientist Richard Florida. According to Florida, the creative class is the driving force for the development of post-industrial cities in the United States, comprising about forty million workers that Florida divides in two broad sections, the super-creative core and the creative professionals. The super-creative core comprises around twelve percent of all US jobs, including science, engineering, computer programming, research, [[Arts|arts]], design and media, while the creative professionals are knowledge- based workers, mostly university-educated.
  
 
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== External links and references ==
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* [http://www.creativeclass.com Creativeclass.com]
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* [http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/fennville32.aspx Fennville: A Haven for the Creative Class]
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* [http://www.creativeclass.com/rfcgdb/articles/Interview%20with%20Richard%20Florida.pdf Interview with Richard Florida]

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Creative Class[edit]

The concept of a creative class was developed by American social scientist Richard Florida. According to Florida, the creative class is the driving force for the development of post-industrial cities in the United States, comprising about forty million workers that Florida divides in two broad sections, the super-creative core and the creative professionals. The super-creative core comprises around twelve percent of all US jobs, including science, engineering, computer programming, research, arts, design and media, while the creative professionals are knowledge- based workers, mostly university-educated.

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