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Rory Sutherland: Advertising is in crisis, but it’s not because it doesn’t work

Rory Sutherland: Advertising is in crisis, but it’s not because it doesn’t work. How the dogma of efficiency fails to account for human nature.

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  • April 15, 2019 at 13:30
    in Media, Duly noted

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