A few years ago there was a celebration of Free Agent Nation.
A survey of Amazon.com shows that we are a Prison Nation, Rogue Nation, Savage Nation, Poker Nation, Roadtrip Nation, Nutcracker Nation, Bungalow Nation and Free Agent Nation.
The cult of the free agent took off in January 1998, when Fast Company, organ of new-age management, heralded on its cover, "Free Agent Nation".
Daniel Pink's Free Agent Nation prophesied the spread of independent contracting, freelancing and home-based enterprise as an alternative to full-time employment.
I have always regarded the "Free Agent Nation" theory, which dates back to a 1997 article in Fast Company, as largely tosh.
In answering this, "Free Agent Nation" often reads less like an investigation than a sales pitch, dense with enough slogans and catchwords to launch a dozen marketing campaigns.
All of sudden, we were living in "Free Agent Nation", where footloose super-temps and creative freelancers were transforming old industries into vibrant knowledge economies.
Like Daniel Pink, author of "Free Agent Nation," Mr. Donkin sees the classic job giving way to more flexible work forms that permit a better-balanced life.
It's hard to pin down the numbers, but increasingly it seems like we're facing the new reality of living in Daniel H. Pink's book, "Free Agent Nation".
According to his snappy narrative, the age of "Free Agent Nation" has passed, and "now most people, even most young people, would rather work long-term for one company than move around in search of freedom and opportunity".
His book, "Free Agent Nation" (Warner Business Books, New York, 2001, $24.95), is an irrepressibly enthusiastic view of what he embraces as the most profound change in work life since Americans fled the farm for jobs in industry.
