Oh the joys of Facebook and Google’s predictive computer programs.  Over the past few days any advert on a blog site I have opened has had the Moneyweek – the end of the world is nigh ( my title but not far wrong) advert.   I have read the scary story about how Britain is on the brink of imminent collapse and not being that economically savy it did give me pause for thought.  That is until when you keep reading through it it is peppered with suggestions that the only out is to subscribe to Moneyweek – I might not be an economist but I can smell a rat.  This whole thing seemed to me to be the worst type of advertising – using scare tactics to try and make you buy.

So I did a little bit of digging and I soon found that this has been doing the rounds for almost 12 months and that it wasn’t very economically sound.  So if you do get these adverts bombarding you from Facebook or Google then be careful.  Things are not what the seem.

The best counter argument/debunking I’ve found is at:

http://coppolacomment.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-end-of-britain-not-yet.html

and if you want to read the whole scary paper, which turns out to have been written by the Moneyweek marketing dept then you can find it here:

http://moneyweek.com/endofbritain/

One final thing…when I opened the end of Britain page it would seem no one appears to have told Mercedes as the banner advert across the top was for the new Mercedes E Class.   Now if Britain is really heading for the dogs then perhaps considering to buy a Merc is not the best thing to do.

PS – MoneyWeek is advertised on the debunking Blog…oh Google you do have a sense of humour