So says long time freelance writer Yuwanda Black: Luckily, freelance writing is a career that thrives in good economic times and bad. Why? Simply put, we live in the information age. No matter what's happening in the world, information needs to be disseminated. When companies cut in-house staff, the "words" still need to get out. Who else are they going to call?

The ascendancy of the United States is history says John Gray in an article outlining his take on the global financial crisis. Our gaze might be on the markets melting down, but the upheaval we are experiencing is more than a financial crisis, however large. Here is a historic geopolitical shift, in which the balance of power in the world is being altered irrevocably. The era of American global ... Read full entry

If Google Trends is anything to by, it seems we are more interested in "our impending inability to afford cupcakes" than share markets crashes or the meltdown of the global financial system. What you have remember though, is that in times of crisis and uncertainty people will, rightly or wrongly, turn to comfort food to see them through, hence the interest, as I see it, in cupcakes. Via Everything On ... Read full entry

Now is the time to get entrepreneurial says Seth Godin, because in crisis there is opportunity: Growth is frightening for a lot of people. It brings change and the opportunity for public failure. So if the astrological signs aren't right or the water is too cold or we've got a twinge in our elbow, we find an excuse. We decide to do it later, or not at all. What ... Read full entry