The Involuntary Entrepreneur

Thanks to the recession, more people are going into businesses for themselves. After all, great companies—like Disney, GE, and IBM—were started in economic downturns.

The difference between those guys and the new generation? Today’s entrepreneur would probably rather have a “real” job, the Fiscal Times reports.

The FT arrived at this conclusion after looking at data that said the number of people earning money through self-employment has grown over the past two years at its fastest pace in a decade and a half.

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