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Re: Open Thread - Friday Evening (4.00 / 2)

Making us unhappy is the job of all advertising for non-essential consumer products - otherwise It wouldn't work. The promise made in every ad of this sort is that life will be better (read 'happier') when you buy what we're selling.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 04:24:58 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Friday Evening (4.00 / 3)

Don't be silly. Economics clearly show that advertising is purely informative and has no effect on consumer preferences.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 04:26:59 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread - Friday Evening (none / 0)

If only ;-)

Oi vey...

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by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:04:23 PM EST
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Open Thread - Friday Evening | 238 comments (238 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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