Unless by advertising, you mean truth-based advertising of ingredients and prices?
Most "food advertising" is not at all fact-based and indeed, when it comes to the majority of advertising for food and beverages, the goal is to sell a dopamine hit.
But yeah gambling, drugs, junk food, vanity cars, where do we stop? Advertising these things doesn't seem to help efficient distribution of resources or increase the median prosperity of a country's population.
But banning advertising depending on the harm of the products is a futile battle because negative externalities of products people buy are generally not "priced-in".
Right, so why advertise gambling or any other of them?
Food addiction kills too. Shall we stop advertising food?
Why not?
Unless by advertising, you mean truth-based advertising of ingredients and prices?
Most "food advertising" is not at all fact-based and indeed, when it comes to the majority of advertising for food and beverages, the goal is to sell a dopamine hit.
But yeah gambling, drugs, junk food, vanity cars, where do we stop? Advertising these things doesn't seem to help efficient distribution of resources or increase the median prosperity of a country's population.
But banning advertising depending on the harm of the products is a futile battle because negative externalities of products people buy are generally not "priced-in".
Why should we advertise something that you have to go consume? Do you need advertising to tell you about bread, vegetables, meat?