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Recession Actually Started Last Year

December 3, 2008 | ISSUE 44•49

The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that we are in an economic recession that began in December of last year. What do you think?

  • Did they figure out when it was ending?

    Maria Flores
    Systems Analyst

  • Wait, wait, say that again. I want to do the dramatic taking-off-my-glasses-while-saying-'My God' thing.

    Will Fischer
    Social Studies Teacher

  • Yeah, but when did the economy officially transition from recession to royal clusterfuck?

    Charlie Koe
    Bricklayer

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