I don't know the definition. Rules are either followed or not.
Having a regular job is not a rule. You can be an investor, follow a liberal profession, be a freelancer and still follow the rules.
If having a regular job would be a life rule, then life would be a prison for some :D
I know lots of people who work without a regular schedule.
And as for what we have talked before, you can watch this is you have the time, I swear that you will like the conclusions:
It's not all about that, but you will find some information about how the poor are less poor since 1965...
It's just misconceptions that we are locked in poverty globally.