Countercyclical

Jon Chait finds Burger King CEO John Chidsey explaining why the bad economy is good for him -- "People who cannot afford to go to Applebee's, cannot afford to go to Chili's, we are the beneficiaries of that squeeze." I suppose the economy's really bad when takeout fast food joints start feeling the pain.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/countercyclical/44153/