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'Layoff' The Game: The Latest In Recession-Era Time Wasters

March 19, 2009 RSS Feed Print

USA Today's Game Hunters points to the latest in depressing online games to help you muddle through this recession. Layoff lets you match up the employees, and send them to the unemployment office to save the corporation money. Only the bankers are exempt! It's sad and fun at the same time!

Play Layoff

Bonus: Take another spin around The Bailout Game.

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Ya hi - Tickler. First time; long time. I want to know if there are any online games that will teach bankers to curb their greedy impulses. Thanks.

JR Minkel of NY 5:16PM March 19, 2009

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Kirk Shinkle is a senior editor at U.S. News. He writes daily about ups and downs in equity markets, sectors and stocks. Formerly, he covered business and economics on both coasts for Investor's Business Daily.

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