Bad Times Spur Entrepreneurship, But There's a Catch

The recession is leading lots of out-of-work folks to try new things, reports the Times: Economists say that when the economy takes a dive, it is common for people to turn to their inner entrepreneur to try to make their own work. But they say that it takes months for that mentality to sink in, and that this is about the time in the economic cycle when it really starts to happen — when the formerly employed realize that traditional job searches are not working, and that they are running out ofDan Gillmor is a BoingBoing guest-blogger.

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