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    What has been called "the poetry of capitalism"?

    Question #116206. Asked by BaronBatty. (Jul 23 10 7:42 AM)


    gmackematix

    		Advertising has been called this by someone called Michael Maynard.
    http://adwarrior.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-10-most-ridiculous-advertising-quotations-in-the-history-of-ever/

    In 1976, film-maker Werner Herzog described auctioneering as "the poetry of capitalism" in his documentary "How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_Wood_Would_a_Woodchuck_Chuck_(film)

    Jul 23 10, 8:07 AM

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