At the end of World War II, Western civilisation put engineers on a pedestal after seeing how well the US military could manage matériel and logistics. This led to a stockpile of consumer goods. Marketers became the heroes as they created mass-consumer markets. Following the mastery of distribution, promotion and sales, accountants came to prominence. They estimated costs and counted the profit...

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