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Introduction: The Great Wealth Shift in the 2026 Freelance Economy Let’s be brutally honest for a moment. The freelance landscape you are stepping into in 2026 is fundamentally different from the “gig economy” of the early 2020s. If you are reading this, you are likely tired of the race to the bottom. You are exhausted…