The tools available today also make it easier for a business owner like me to outsource specific tasks to contractors anywhere around the world without having to hire someone full time.

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Danish employers are entirely free to outsource or lay off workers, and Denmark has one of the world's highest levels of employee turnover, which at 30% a year puts it on par with the U.S. Denmark's 3% real GDP growth is the highest in Western Europe, and it recently surpassed the U.S. in the World Economic Forum's ranking of the world's most "competitive" economies.

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