Would you quit your job for $25,000?

The economics of paying workers to leave their jobs

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$25,000 is nothing to sneeze at. It's enough to cover most Americans' living expenses for at least a few months. You could even start a business or put a down payment on a home.

Now one employer — Riot Games, the maker of the popular video game League of Legends — will pay its employees 10 percent of their salary, up to $25,000, to quit their jobs, even if they have worked there for only one day.

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John Aziz is the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate editor at Pieria.co.uk. Previously his work has appeared on Business Insider, Zero Hedge, and Noahpinion.