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by Zanta 3402 days ago
20% seems insanely high to me - do you have a source for this? First google hit for me returned this [1], which puts the number between 1% and 2% of GDP

[1]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisi...

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Yeah, that seems vastly more reasonable. I was quoting AdWeek (I know...) because it was the most conservative number available.

So yeah, let's be more realistic and say that advertising makes up 2% of GDP. There's got to be an ethical job in one of the industries making up the other 98%. I've never worked for an ad-supported business and I don't find employment difficult to come by...