> > As a joke it's like the Godel jotd from the other day - but the problem here > is that it's hard to model the system when you're inside of it. Economics > fixes that problem by pretending that you're on the outside looking in. And > then they forget to laugh at the joke. AMEN! > > > > > On 3/10/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/rn7x7 > > > > The Economics Of Prostitution > > Michael Noer, 02.14.06, 12:00 PM ET > > > > Wife or whore? > > > > The choice is that simple. At least according to economists Lena > > Edlund and Evelyn Korn, it is. > > > > The two well-respected economists created a minor stir in academic > > circles a few years back when they published "A Theory of > > Prostitution" in the Journal of Political Economy. The paper was > > remarkable not only for being accepted by a major journal but also > > because it considered wives and whores as economic "goods" that can be > > substituted for each other. Men buy, women sell. > > > > > >
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