"Second-order preferences have greater authority [than first-order preferences] in that they are more likely to represent our best interests because they are the result of rational deliberation. The social problem that arises from this analysis is not that the market, through advertising, changes our tastes: it is that the market has a tendency to create conflict between our first- and second-order preferences, an 'inefficient' outcome."
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