Jobs of the Future: "Lipstick on a Pig"

The following chart shows marketing consulting services employment per capita.


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Despair.com: Marketing

“Who cares if it doesn’t work? It looks cool, and these mindless sheep will buy anything. Wait, that video camera’s not on, is it?”

Lipstick on a Pig

To put "lipstick on a pig" is a rhetorical expression, used to convey the message that making superficial or cosmetic changes is a futile attempt to disguise the true nature of a product.

Source Data:
BLS: CES Databases
St. Louis Fed: Population