Revealed: how we’re rebranding poor people as entrepreneurs
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Revealed: how we're rebranding poor people as entrepreneurs
Laura Galloway, Heriot-Watt University
The last several decades have seen a steady increase in the profile and celebration of entrepreneurship in the UK. It is associated with economic development, growth and making a positive contribution to the country. There is plenty of evidence to support this – for example the immensely valuable Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research project, which compares rates and types of entrepreneurship throughout the world. As a consequence, developing and investing in entrepreneurship has never been more prioritised, as evidenced by the UK government’s recent Enterprise Bill, with its raft of measures to support entrepreneurs.
Yet there is another side to this growing army of entrepreneurs. Far from the Levi Roots and Michelle Mones of the world, many others appear to fall into the category because it is the only one available to them. They are not planning how to invest their next million o...
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