The Economics Of Prostitution – Forbes

Coca-Cola and Pepsi. McDonald’s and Burger King. Spouses and streetwalkers.

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. […]