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Richard Florida H. John Heinz III Professor of Regional Economic Development, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University and author, The Rise of Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life(Basic Books, 2002)on creativity as an engine of urban growth
and Sam Staley President of the Buckeye Institute and a senior fellow at the Reason Public Policy Institute and co-editor, Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land-Use Planning In the 21st Century (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001) argues that the "creative class" plays only a small role in a city's economic growth.