Art & Commerce: The Year in Pictures

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P.T. Barnum used fake science to validate his hoaxes, he pioneered the art of guerilla advertising, and he provided a national venue for the display of clowns. He would have loved 2007. Here are a few reasons why:

The Secret, a flaky movie/book phenomenon that claims the power of positive thinking is actually a mysterious and ancient scientific force known as “the law of attraction” that can cure your diseases and guarantee the best parking spaces, was selling like snake oil as the year began.

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