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Re:What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when... by dhume on Monday May 09, 2011 @11:29PM (#2531173)
There would be many fewer cars around today, and our economy would be much slower were it not for advertising.

Or we wouldn't have built sprawling suburbs that make cars necessary.

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Re:What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when... by bluekeybox on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @12:39AM (#2531368)
Thus failing to put to good use of one of the biggest assets the U.S. had in comparison to the rest of the world -- space and cheap land.
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Re:What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when... by ericd on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @02:47AM (#2531645)
Is this an example of something that helps the economy (since your premise above was that advertising is very important for the economy)? It certainly doesn't help productivity for every family to have a large house to take care of, and most of the spending to outfit and run that house is ultimately a waste.

A much better use would be, say, farming.

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