More bang for your buck

[Teal Lantern]

How new technology is shaking up the oldest business
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/ ... -your-buck

[publicduende]

Excellent find, TL. Now that several European countries (including the UK and Italy) officially recognise the paid sex market as a driver for GDP, mainstream press is starting to look at it. It doesn't really say much about the state of the sex market, which has always been a big "dark pool" of money, as it
says about the sheer desperation of these governments, who have to try and account for every sort of positive economic activity to massage their growth figure the way up. Sad...

[eurobrat]

Excellent find, TL. Now that several European countries (including the UK and Italy) officially recognise the paid sex market as a driver for GDP, mainstream press is starting to look at it. It doesn't really say much about the state of the sex market, which has always been a big "dark pool" of money, as it
says about the sheer desperation of these governments, who have to try and account for every sort of positive economic activity to massage their growth figure the way up. Sad...

Oh please, that was just a way for you guys to inflate your falling GDP, a little more cushion to make yourselves look better than you are.

[WindowLicker]

Excellent find, TL. Now that several European countries (including the UK and Italy) officially recognise the paid sex market as a driver for GDP, mainstream press is starting to look at it. It doesn't really say much about the state of the sex market, which has always been a big "dark pool" of money, as it
says about the sheer desperation of these governments, who have to try and account for every sort of positive economic activity to massage their growth figure the way up. Sad...

Oh please, that was just a way for you guys to inflate your falling GDP, a little more cushion to make yourselves look better than you are.

Try our pasta puttanesca!

[publicduende]

Excellent find, TL. Now that several European countries (including the UK and Italy) officially recognise the paid sex market as a driver for GDP, mainstream press is starting to look at it. It doesn't really say much about the state of the sex market, which has always been a big "dark pool" of money, as it
says about the sheer desperation of these governments, who have to try and account for every sort of positive economic activity to massage their growth figure the way up. Sad...

Oh please, that was just a way for you guys to inflate your falling GDP, a little more cushion to make yourselves look better than you are.

If prostitution were legal in the US, I bet you Obama would have done exactly the same.

[publicduende]

Try our pasta puttanesca!

Do you know how to cook it, at least

[eurobrat]

Try our pasta puttanesca!