Votanic wrote:mookiemcgee wrote:Dukasaur wrote:Fucking inflation!
Sex work is actually one of the purest measure of monetary inflation!
I HAVE NO FACTS TO BACK THIS UP AT ALL
Questions of 'purity' aside, why do you think that might be true?
LOVE THE FINE PRINT.
I guess I should clarify I mean prostitution, and not like 'onlyfans' girls (though idk maybe there is no distinction)
It's a completely tax free, regulation free market. The 'business owners' have basically no overhead costs unless you are counting their rent and clothes/makeup costs. No meaningful commissions to pay or middlemen/wholesalers (the internet has put pimps mostly out of business). Economic signals don't get bogged down with all the complexities most other businesses have. It's 'buyers' matched with 'sellers' with a product everyone wants and no one needs. Quality of product and price are basically the only factors involved and if we assume quality of product doesn't change based on economic conditions, changes in price give you a super clear signals into the state of the economy.
Now is the average economist looking at how much an average hour of GFE cost in a given state? Well no, not at work.. but your can bet those sad fucks are researching on their laptops once their wives go to sleep.