Richard Florida
Richard Florida (his site) wrote books about the Creative Class (its rise and flight).The Creative Class are the people who change the world and are located at a small number of centers around the world. His latest book is called: Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life. Richard presents his book at Google (here are the maps).
A very good introductory video about the Creative Class.
The claim of Richard is contrary to the claim by Thomas Friedman (his site) in his book The World is Flat (on Amazon).
Criticism of Richard Florida in Toronto.