Economics must embrace the sex industry

Prostitutes need the help of economists to argue for the rights and protections that other workers take for granted, says Victoria Bateman

Published on
March 30, 2017
Last updated
April 4, 2017
Victoria Bateman
Miles Cole illustration (30 March 2017)
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Print headline: Time for economics to embrace the oldest market – the sex trade

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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by rfullinwider on March 30, 2017 - 6:15pm
Re the Nordic Model, see http://newprostitutionwars.net
#2 Submitted by Martin Sewell on April 1, 2017 - 1:17pm
Prostitution is the exploitation of men's universal and insatiable desire for novel sex partners by women for money.
#3 Submitted by Ian Macfarlane on August 2, 2018 - 2:32pm
Even as an old man women are still teaching me. Thank you

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