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A Dystopian Welfare State Funded by Clicks

by mgunes on 8/17/15, 5:08 PM with 1 comments

  • by lnlyplnt on 8/17/15, 8:45 PM

    Though this is an interesting thought experiment, the author misses one key point: Advertising has historically only been about 1% of GDP and there is nothing to suggest that it will grow. To suggest that Advertising can support increasingly large parts of the economy is a bit unrealistic.