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# Watch for manufactured needs. Marketing often...
> Watch for manufactured needs. Marketing often places a substitute between people and what they actually need, such as offering a child a toy with a meal instead of good nutrition, and learning to recognize the substitution restores your ability to choose.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Consumer Choice, Better Goods, and the True Cost of Cheapness - Workbook|Consumer Choice, Better Goods, and the True Cost of Cheapness]]
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“Watch for manufactured needs. Marketing often places a substitute between people and what they actually need, such as offering a child a toy with a meal instead of good nutrition, and learning to recognize the substitution restores your ability to choose.”
— Bryant McGill
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