The economics of exotic dancing: Exotic dancers are not technically “contractors,” more like individuals who run their own businesses, writes Ainslie Caswell. “I found many benefits in being able to run my own business from the pole, one of which was the ability to choose my own customers… If I simply felt tired, I would sit back, be lazy, and see the impact in my wallet. It was my decision, and no one could tell me otherwise.” Explaining the details of earning money in the profession, Caswell stumbled upon some brilliant yet very basic economic insight: “Putting a person directly in charge of how much money she can make will result in actual work getting done. This is one of the many reasons why I actually liked stripping, even though it was, at its core, a sales job.”