SocraticGadfly: Merck layoffs mean real recession

October 23, 2008

Merck layoffs mean real recession

Big Pharma kingpin making job cuts

As Electoral-Vote.com notes Electoral-Vote.com notes, Big Pharma folks are relatively immune from recessions. People are getting sick all the time.

So, Merck's announcement it will lay off 7,200 employees has to be considered an indicator that this is a real recession, not a mild one at the end of Bush I or the end of Clinton/start of Bush II. This will be like the longer, deeper, Carter-Reagan recession.

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