this emerging group of ‘Venture Creatives’ contributes more than £15bn to the UK economy every year and a massive $132bn to the US economy, with almost a third of UK workers and 41% of US workers currently reaping the financial rewards of a creative sideline. The picture looks the same in Germany and France, where around a third of workers are using their creativity to generate extra income.
"Career" is such a weird word these days. How do you define your life's efforts if they fall into so many different buckets?Gina & Kevin talk about their "freelance" careers and others.
overall, the highest rates of self-employment are found in tiny micropolitan areas, according to an On Numbers analysis of data from the Census Bureau's 2010 American Community Survey.