The price of creativity
Episode
49 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Startups, Economics & Policy
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What It Covers
Entrepreneur Yancey Strickler explores the creator economy's origins in 1940s government creativity programs and proposes artist corporations to help creators own intellectual property and share profits.
Notable Moment
Strickler reveals that only 4% of content creators earn over $100,000 annually despite the creator economy being projected to reach $480 billion in coming years.
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