Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good.
What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.
Advertisements may be evaluated scientifically; they cannot be created scientifically.
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?'
Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.
Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.
I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.
There is no way for the American economic system to function without advertising. There is no other way to communicate enough information about enough products to enough people with enough speed.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.