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Richard Florida

1957 - Today

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Richard L. Florida (born 1957) is an American urban studies theorist focusing on social and economic theory. He is a professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and a Distinguished Fellow at NYU's School of Professional Studies. Florida taught at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in Pittsburgh from 1987 to 2005, before moving to George Mason University's School of Public Policy, where he taught for two years. He was named a Senior Editor at The Atlantic in March 2011 after serving as a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com for a year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Florida is the 374th most popular economist (down from 365th in 2019), the 11,390th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,264th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Richard Florida ranks 374 out of 414. Before him are John B. Taylor, Ester Boserup, Pier Carlo Padoan, Paul Craig Roberts, Ha-Joon Chang, and Sevil Shhaideh. After him are Urjit Patel, Avinash Dixit, Daniele Archibugi, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, and Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Richard Florida ranks 506. Before him are Harald Schmidt, Richard Barbieri, Pierre Laurent, Martinho Ndafa Kabi, Richard Jeni, and Kathryn Hunter. After him are Pavel Pavel, Viktor Markin, Meglena Kuneva, Satoru Otomo, Héctor Zelada, and Ho Iat-seng.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Florida ranks 11,392 out of 20,380. Before him are Hillary Scott (1983), Charles J. Folger (1818), Jennison Heaton (1904), Raja Gosnell (1958), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), and H. Bruce Humberstone (1901). After him are Don Meineke (1930), George Bonhag (1882), Omar Hakim (1959), Joseph Mazzello (1983), Dan Dailey (1915), and Marv Wolfman (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Richard Florida ranks 120. Before him are Edith Abbott (1876), Henry Charles Carey (1793), Frank Fetter (1863), Martin Feldstein (1939), John B. Taylor (1946), and Paul Craig Roberts (1939). After him are Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Michael Albert (1947), Laura Tyson (1947), Eric Lander (1957), Christina Romer (1958), and Winona LaDuke (1959).

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