<p>It seems to me that you don't even need a highschool diploma to be self employed (even if you're working in the business world.) Even if your chosen field is piano or religion, eventually, you might want the freedom and sense of fulfillment of having your own piano or religion business. </p>
<p>(If you never get tired of working for others, maybe there's something wrong?)</p>
<p>In another thread someone said to major in what you like, but at least minor in business.
And while business education isn't neccissary to be successfully self-employed, a minor in busines would provide you with the tools and information you need to know how to go about it.</p>
<p>Also, business is everywhere... you can't avoid it as long as you have someone over you (boss, supply people, the government, electric company) And under you (clients, customers, etc). Even if you are a professor, you are still entangled in the business world. A German professor I know said he even advertizes to attract student into his clsses. Whatever you do, I think a knowledge of business would help you.</p>
<p>Wow… My first thoughts, in no particular order:</p>
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<li><p>The economy of big-corporate America would take quite a hit if most people decided to become self-employed. If you want to know how such an economy would look like, look at 17th century Europe where every middle-class family had their own family business. The industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th century was only possible because people gave up their independence and started to work in production lines etc. We have the standard of living we do know because most people collaborate to get a job done.</p></li>
<li><p>Care to tell me what a “religion business” or a “philosophy business” would look like?</p></li>
<li><p>You don’t need a minor in business to distribute flyers…</p></li>
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<p>People say to major in whatever then minor in bussines or computer science or whatever to increase your marketability. You should try not to put everyone in a box, having a minor in business isn’t a golden ticket. Computer science I would consider more valuable, business is a soft skill.</p>