To make money by helping people spend less, you need to be a "discounter" or some kind. E.g. here is fruit that is 20% less than your supermarket. But even such

To make money by helping people spend less, you need to be a "discounter" or some kind. E.g. here is fruit that is 20% less than your supermarket. But even such services and businesses need to advertise. Even the government needs to pay to advertise, even if it is advertising giving money to help people in tough economic times. I think companies that are so large, and do one thing (advertise!) cannot be immune from business cycles. But is it a bad thing if these companies don't grow every single damn year.