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Re: On economics
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"Issodhos @aol.com" <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:28:56 EDT
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In a message dated 10/27/99 6:06:38 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>jSpeaking of trivial activity, let's not forget that advertising
>extracts a half trillion dollars from the economy per year and
>has negligble value to the citizens.  It is of course the frantic
>effort to overcome the endemic over consumption of the capitalist
>system.

    From whom does this "half trillion dollars" get extracted and why would
advertisers attempt to overcome "over consumption"?  If advertising were
eliminated would this "half trillion dollars" still exist? What does this
"half trillion dollars represent?
Yours,
Issodhos

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