Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class (Basic Books, 2002), pg. 77.

The Creative Class consists of:

1. The Super-Creative Core: "people who work in science and engineering, computers and mathematics, education, and the arts, design and entertainment, people who work in directly creative activity" (pg. 74).
2. Creative Professionals: people who "work in a wide range of knowledge-intensive industries such as high-tech sectors, financial services, the legal and health care professions, and business management" (pg. 69).

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