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N. -- Laid-off workers who use exit packages to maintain the standard of living they enjoyed while still employed.
"Former bank CEO Paul Joegriner is a member of what might be called the severance economy--unemployed Americans who use severance pay and savings to maintain their lifestyles."
--WSJ, Nov 10, 2009
November 23, 2009