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		TeMPOraL 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Addiction Markets > Tax advertising That move alone would make a big dent in many of the major problems of modern living.

dredmorbius 44 days ago [–]

Prior to the 1830s, advertising was apparently very heavily taxed in the UK, though I know very few details about this, the reasons why, or what occurred to change this.

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