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Deflation Hits Oldest Profession In The World: Hookers By The Numbers

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As The Economist finds, the internet is making the buying and selling of sex easier and safer (from what we have been told). But it's not all Pretty Woman... not only is the oldest profession in the world seeing prices going down (the dreaded deflation) as the shift online has boosted supply by drawing more locals into the trade; but as the following four charts show, rates vary dramatically by 'services', ethnicity, geography, build, and bust size.

 

Prostitution by the numbers... (Via The Economist)

The most striking trend our analysis reveals is a drop in the average hourly rate of a prostitute in recent years.

 

Our analysis shows how a prostitute’s hourly rate varies according to the nature of the services she provides and her reported physical characteristics. As in other bits of the economy, clients who seek niche services must pay more. Sex workers who offer anal sex or spanking earn on average $25 or $50 more per hour, respectively (see chart 2). Those who will accept two male clients at once or do threesomes with another woman command a larger premium.

 

 

Appearance matters a great deal. The customers who reported encounters to the website we analysed clearly value the stereotypical features of Western beauty: women they describe as slim but not scrawny, or as having long blonde hair or full breasts, can charge the highest hourly rates (see chart 3). Hair that is bleached too unconvincingly to be described as blonde attracts a lower premium, but is still more marketable than any other colour. For those not naturally well endowed, breast implants may make economic sense: going from flat-chested to a D-cup increases hourly rates by approximately $40, meaning that at a typical price of $3,700, surgery could pay for itself after around 90 hours. The 12% share of women featured on the site who are described both as athletic, slim or thin, and as being at least a D-cup, suggests that quite a few have already taken this route.

 

 

A prostitute’s rates also vary according to her ethnicity and nationality. What attracts a premium in one place can attract a penalty in another. According to our analysis, in four big American cities and London, black women earn less than white ones (see chart 4).

 

 

We had too few data from other cities for a reliable breakdown by ethnicity. But Christine Chin of the American University in Washington, DC, has studied high-end transnational prostitutes in several countries. In Kuala Lumpur, she found, black women command very high rates and in Singapore, Vietnamese ones do. In Dubai, European women earn the most. What counts as exotic and therefore desirable varies from place to place, and depends on many factors, such as population flows.

 

 

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So do the patriotic thing... because everyone knows deflation is a killer...

 

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Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:02 | 5085530 Burticus
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Price for (leaving after) sex is still manipulated, same as silver on the CRIMEX, but in the opposite direction.

Just wait until the gubbermint repeals prohibition and can no longer (force men to) give women a free ride and EBT card.  Only then will we experience free market price discovery that equates supply and demand and provides the highest quality at the lowest cost.

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:02 | 5085536 pilager
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....come to think of it....I'm a unicorn right now

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:14 | 5085569 Jerk_Store
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Great news, I can now afford a very fat, flat chested, short black haired hooker!

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:18 | 5085586 SilverFish
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Interestingly enough, Doug Stanhope tackled this very subject a few years ago perfectly.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT1AHDjzcsQ

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:35 | 5085628 pherron2
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That's good shit!

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:13 | 5085862 Ms No
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"Dig up that dead Jew Milton Friedman"...... damn that was funny.. and sadly, probably the dead on truth.

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:18 | 5085588 rosiescenario
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This reminds me of the same problem when ANALyzing the BDI: is it too much supply or too little demand, or a bit of each?

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:19 | 5085592 Seasmoke
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Where's the price on chart for elderly , white hair, fat, munchkin Jew ???

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:40 | 5085641 teslaberry
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don't worry---you couldn't afford yellen even for 10 years salary. ugh. 

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:14 | 5086403 Bemused Observer
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There are some circles that would find Ma Yellen a very tasty tidbit indeed...

But don't ask...you don't want to know. You'll sleep better at night. Ignorance is bliss.

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:33 | 5085625 Freewheelin Franklin
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THIS is why I read zerohedge everyday. 

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:33 | 5085627 Salsipuedes
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"Aye carumba! Fuck the Fed." - Maria, 46, corner of 8th and Broadway.

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:39 | 5085639 pocomotion
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Looking at those charts and reading this gave me a horny hardening not seen in a while.  I looked at my wallet, then my wife, then back to my wallet, ok, I thought about my hand,,,  Umm, I'm calling it a night -- off to bed I go.  Thanks for the woody, Tyler.

Fri, 08/15/2014 - 07:12 | 5085660 Sauerkraut-Opinion
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Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:56 | 5085698 Whelk
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Comedian Doug Stanhope on this very issue ---Keynesian Economic theory as applied to Private Sector Independent Contracting ---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT1AHDjzcsQ #mce_temp_url#

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 23:59 | 5085705 Northern Lights
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Went to a local strip club a couple of times lately with some co-workers after work.  Both days it was a Thursday evening.  Place was dead.  We talked about it and figured the place is probably hopping on a Friday or Saturday night.

Well, one of those same co-workers was at that same club on a saturday night around midnight.  The place was dead then also.

 

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 00:01 | 5085707 Jonesy
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Apparently guys that buy prostitutes are "racist", good thing Jewish media never stops trying to convince goyim that races don't exist, at the same time they push Israel to be for Jews only as Israel kills little kids.

Don't worry Goy, it's not in your backyard.

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 14:40 | 5088295 bunnyswanson
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Drug or power addicts become prostitutes or they live on the streets.   And the drugs are provided by the same people who bring us the media, Hollowwoody, the US and EU govt and we can all get down on our countryless knees and thank them for ruining any possibility of having a decent life whether we fucked our way to the top or worked.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 00:03 | 5085710 Downtoolong
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I question these statistics, almost as much as the BS from the BLS.

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 00:16 | 5085743 skynet_21
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It's called a voluntary transaction between two consenting adults.  If you are against that, shouldn't you be over at the Huffington Post?

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 00:47 | 5085821 f16hoser
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Worst Blow Job I ever got was "Great!" Just saying...

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:05 | 5085844 Ms No
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God damn, that just blew my back up plan for putting myself on the corner.  Think I just lost my romanticized idea of being a high class fleiss girl.  You might make a little bit of money doing no condom-anal 4 times a night. You have to wonder what the life expectancy is with that.  Apparently there is inflation with everything but ass..... strange, strange world. 

So are we talking gross or after pimp prices?  (My friend is curious)

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:31 | 5085923 MsCreant
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First, you will need to change that name.

My bet is that this is the charge to the men. Cost is the point of the excercise. You can solo and get these prices. The downside is security, you are on your own. There are networks of women who do this and rate the clients with each other on-line. If he is cool, she will report back to the others what he is like. If he is problematic, she will report that and no one else will see him from that network. Risky any way you look at it, but that is a little safer.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 10:27 | 5087052 Aussiekiwi
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What, they use the same name each time they book?

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:28 | 5086055 barre-de-rire
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so you take it in ass 4 times a day. your hole must looks like a cauliflower and you must walk like a pinguin.

 

 

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:29 | 5085905 Haager
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Prices are still high. I'll go, fuck Europe...

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:51 | 5085935 Ms No
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I hate to say it but when I see women selling their virginity to Asians or Arabs (meaning you may still have virginity after the fact) for 7 figures.... feeling a little stupid and the market was so good then!  The investments I could have made.... retired at 22, nothing more cruel than 20-20 hindsight.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 01:58 | 5085954 flyingcaveman
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Okay, I'm having trouble with all these charts> How much is ass to other girls mouth.  Say, Athletic black girl to average white girl with medium boobs who swallows? Somebody should make an app.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:25 | 5086052 barre-de-rire
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who need hooker now while you can 3D print vaginas.... within 2 years  porn actress will be vagina modeled to sell on amazon . 3DS files...

 

hooker...

 

so ol'skool

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 06:42 | 5086228 negative rates
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Sometimes it's just as much fun watching her try to get off.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:30 | 5086058 Aussiekiwi
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wow! someone must have got worn out doing all thst research.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:58 | 5086086 CHX
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deflated

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:40 | 5086073 fishwharf
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Free financial advice:

If it floats, flys or fucks, rent it.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:42 | 5086074 pcrs
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Alimony price is going up, so legal prostitution through marriage, is getting more profitable.

Listen to how Robby Williams got harvested by his exes through the government courts. Marriage and devorce is the way to go these days for the ambitious whore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diyuAXzN7yo

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:48 | 5086076 william114085
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kissing costs more than anal?

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 11:18 | 5086167 dogismycopilot
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mate, everyone knows you don't kiss hookers or eat poison pussy...not unless you are a sick puppy. (edit: i am not a sick puppy , just to be clear.)

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 03:56 | 5086085 CHX
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A "deeply researched" piece...

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 05:18 | 5086088 NuYawkFrankie
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Trust the Zio-Econdomist  to come up with this tripe 

One week it's anti-Putin porn,  the next week it's the real deal - the price of a bj/anal combo.

 What a rag.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 04:50 | 5086133 dojufitz
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These women do serve a valuable purpose....

What normal women would touch a man scarred by burns or horribly disfigured.....who would touch him and make him feel warm and loved....?

It is not all about the brutal sex.....it is sometimes about simple loneliness & tenderness.....and a moment where no one is judging anyone.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 06:34 | 5086216 El Hosel
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the oldest profession in the world .... going down, for money.  Don't over do it or you could end up like Jamie.

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 06:34 | 5086214 max2205
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Last!

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 06:37 | 5086220 what's that smell
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red team blue team, between spits and swallows....about right.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 06:40 | 5086227 danpos
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The problem with stimulus is that it leads to inflation...or in some cases, hyperinflation.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 07:07 | 5086260 Captain Obvious.
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Just say No.

Then you will live to be a rich, dirty old man.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 07:14 | 5086266 qian liao
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isn't there an UBER device to make this a "shared economy" idea?

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 07:37 | 5086320 rgetty
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I'm in Malaysia now and was in Singapore in june. I stayed at a guest house that had some African girls that stayed there a few months then went around to the other countries in the area, not sure where they were from but when they went out at night for work Wow ! 6 inch heels tight jeans and hard rocking bodies.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:12 | 5086395 headhunt
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We have an entire government populated by prostitutes and they cost us a hell of a lot more than $400 an hour. It appears they want us to pay them to F' us, with no condom and expect us to swallow and like it - otherwise you are branded a terrorist.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:34 | 5086467 esum
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 It’s hard to look at this gallery and not hear that Lil Wayne song in your head.   

 

   

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:37 | 5086477 ArmyofOne
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Better than reading the funny pages.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:42 | 5086494 esum
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TJ prices by comparison:

 + Adelita's: $60 plus $12 for the room, alcohol extra

+ Purple Rain: $78, room included, alcohol extra

+ Luxor: $150, room and alcohol included (unlimited tequila and beer)

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 08:45 | 5086511 john milton
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Home made devaluation is when you change your golden wife to two iron clad hookers

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 09:18 | 5086670 d edwards
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Gives a whole new meaning to "hard times."

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 09:11 | 5086626 22winmag
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Speaking of escorts, The Erotic Review was founded by David Elms, a violent blackmailer rapist felon who sold his escort review website to a Dutch company in order to cover his legal battles.

 

All review websites have some kind of slime factor, especially Yelp and even the BBB.

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 10:17 | 5086976 indmotor
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Soon us Men will get a full servicing for a cigarette or shot of booze. Good times comming, Men will get to be Men again!!

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 07:23 | 5091345 soylentgreenispeople
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thanks for a great laugh .

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 14:12 | 5088167 Johnny_is_alrea...
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Prostututes in america are total garbage

They are horrible and even worse bed manners, simply mercenairies

 

South america and asia is where you find the sweethearts

 

 

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 14:23 | 5088220 Disenchanted
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meh... haven't seen any change in the quality of the lot lizards at the 'flying hook' lately.

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 07:21 | 5091339 soylentgreenispeople
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What's a good ass to mouth going for today ?

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