Every day, another major company announces thousands of layoffs, stoking fears of an economic recession. What do you think?
“Recession? But what about the gumdrop trees and magical fairy dust I just ordered online?”
Barbara Hicks • Psychologist
“I doubt my getting fired from the Dairy Queen is a bellwether of recession, but it sure is a bellwether of I stuck my wang in the butterscotch.”
Bob Bardaji • Cashier
“There’s no such thing as a no-growth economy, silly. That’s just a story parents used to tell us kids to scare us.”
Debra Luner • Graphic Designer
“What do I care? GM closed its Saginaw plant, but
Milt Conlon • Auto Worker
“Oh, my God! Pull your money out of the bank! Sell your stocks! Hang Louis Rukeyser!”
Graham Robertson • Systems Analyst
“Yes, yes, this is all very fascinating, but if you’ll excuse me, I have a yacht I must name.”
J. Foster Thompson • Industrialist
