Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love - Hardcover

Adshade, Marina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1452109222 ISBN 13: 9781452109220

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2013

Synopsis

There's a marketplace for sex and love, and you're in it. In Dollars and Sex, economist Marina Adshade converts economic theory into a sexy science by applying the principles of supply and demand and other market forces to matters of love and libido. As she does in her hugely popular blog of the same name, Adshade unlocks the mysteries behind our actions, thoughts, and preferences using engaging research, economic analysis, and humor. The end result is a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power, and economic forces is to the most important choices we make in our lives. Ultimately she shows that every option, every decision, and every outcome in matters of sex and love is better understood through economics.

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From the Back Cover:

Understanding the reasons we behave the way we do (in bed).Dollars and Sex unveils the economics behind sex and love, answering questions we've always wondered - and those we never thought to ask, such as:

• When dating online, do we create thin markets, making it harder to find a mate?
• What is the relationship between rising rates of casual sex and the widening earning gap?
• Is modern marriage just an opportunity to consume more goods and services?
• If teenagers are having sex less frequently, why are STD rates in that group on the rise

"Marina Adshade will persuade you that the economist's cost-benefit calculus explains more about your love life than you ever imagined."- Professor Robert H. Frank, Cornell University, author or The Darwin Economy and The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide."Marina Adshade is the one economist I read purely for pleasure."- Professor Frances Woolley, Carleton University, regular contributor to The Globe and Mail.

From the Inside Flap:

There's a market for sex and love, and you're in it.
In Dollars and Sex, economist Marina Adshade converts economic theory into a sexy science byapplying the principles of supply and demand and other market forces to matters of love,courtship, sex, intimacy, and marriage. As she does in her hugely popular blog of the samename, Adshade unlocks the mysteries behind our actions, thoughts, and preferences usingengaging research, economic analysis, and humor. The end result is a fascinating look atjust how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power, and economic forces is to the mostimportant choices we make in our lives. Ultimately she shows that every option, every decision,and every outcome in matters of sex and love is better understood through economics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452109222
• ISBN 13: 9781452109220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272