The creative class is a class made by Richard Florida. Florida sees the creative class as people who are able to do "creative" things with their jobs. Opposite the creative class is what is known as the service class. These are people whose jobs are supposed to feature little creativity. Stewart Tannock is a believer in the service class and goes into detail about what it is they do as well as their importance. The service class is seen as people such as secretaries and janitors who do not have much flexibility in their job.
However, the problem arises with the creative class once you realize that almost every single job can be considered one that is a part of the creative class. Whether the person is a doctor or a school teacher they have an extreme amount of creativity availabe in their job. Florida seems to feature the people who have a lot of income coming in to be more a part of the creative class than those with less income.
My main disagreement with Florida's thesis on the creative class is that it is celebrated far too much for what Richard Florida describes it as. Florida describes the creative class as a very small group and a group of people in jobs that have a high amount of income. Nevertheless, I think the creative class should be celebrated but in a much more broad sense. If Richard Florida would widen his view of the creative class then I would agree with him without a doubt because the creative portion of work should be celebrated.
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