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Why are politicians freaking out over the future of downtowns? How can we make urban centres more inviting? And what's the point of an office anyways? Professor Richard Florida joins the latest Office Hours to provide the answers.

Inequality hampered cities from recovering economically during the pandemic. Now, it’s on the rise around the country. Rotman’s Richard Florida explains.

As people return to downtown living, how will cities and startups adapt?

Professors Richard Florida and Shauna Brail discuss the resilience of cities and what’s required to rebuild them.

A wide-ranging discussion of the legacy of the MPI and its studies in city building and geographic advantage, as well as the underpinnings and fault lines of democratic capitalism.

Richard Florida on the massive wave of urbanization currently sweeping Southeast Asia and the ripple effects that transformation could have on the region’s middle and creative classes.

Richard Florida discusses where the world’s wealthiest people live, why they live there and how they can affect the neighbourhoods and cities that they call home.

How some well-known thinkers shape and share their ideas on the origins and evolution of the creative act. Featuring Roger Martin, Richard Florida and Jennifer Riel, as well as journalists David Frum and Adam Radwanski.