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Interesting Article About Prostitution
09-06-2011, 10:43 AM
Quote: (09-06-2011 10:36 AM)Menace Wrote:
It's by the authors of Freakanomics. Link
One interesting tidbit is that prostitutes managed by a pimp make more money than those that don't. Doesn't that sort of summarize male/female relationships in a nutshell?
I've always found the fundamental arguments behind the Freakonomics creators to be a little, well, flawed. Some of it is valid, but in a lot of instances they are trying to make a case for something where a case simply cannot be made.
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Interesting Article About Prostitution
09-06-2011, 02:57 PM
Quote: (09-06-2011 10:43 AM)guey Wrote:
Quote: (09-06-2011 10:36 AM)Menace Wrote:
It's by the authors of Freakanomics. Link
One interesting tidbit is that prostitutes managed by a pimp make more money than those that don't. Doesn't that sort of summarize male/female relationships in a nutshell?
I've always found the fundamental arguments behind the Freakonomics creators to be a little, well, flawed. Some of it is valid, but in a lot of instances they are trying to make a case for something where a case simply cannot be made.
They usually make it clear that correlation does not equal causation, even if they try to argue that there is a causal link. The only thing they demonstrate with statistics is the correlation (or lack thereof). Root causes remain elusive, even where the authors suggest possible causes.
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Interesting Article About Prostitution
09-06-2011, 03:57 PM
They tend to base a lot of their arguments on behavioral economics, which at this point is very experimental. A lot of mainstream economists tend to view behavior economics as sort of a cop-out.
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Interesting Article About Prostitution
09-06-2011, 04:54 PM
Pimp culture is HUGE in Nova Scotia too.
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