Why the Great Merger Frenzy of 2015 signals another recession

You get a spike in deal-making, and then a year to a year-and-a-half later, you get the recession

This is only one of several mergers.
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When is the potential merger of two centuries-old chemical industry behemoths not the biggest story in economics news?

The answer: When it's merely the capstone to one of the biggest frenzies of corporate mergers in years.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.