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Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.

Richard Florida

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Richard Florida
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: November 26
Economist
Professor
Sociologist
University Teacher
Newark
New Jersey
Richard L. Florida
People
Innovation
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Creativity
Modern
Workplace
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Making
Coal
Business
Steel
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