Dollars and Sex
By Marina Adshade
How Economics Influences Sex and Love. Chronicle Books, 2013.
Summary of Dollars and Sex book by Marina Adshade
An insightful, research-backed text that draws on hard statistics and data to develop previously unrecognized links between sex, love, and economics—demonstrating the delicate web that connects all three.
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What do you get from this book? Uncover the secret relationship between economics, sex, and marriage
Premarital sex has risen as a result of changes to education and increased employment wages
Few men and lots of binge drinking leads to promiscuity on college campuses and within the general population
Online dating is a “thick” marketplace made up of buyers, sellers, and inflation, with adjustments made for “thinner” markets
Marriage is an economic contract providing both parties with advantages their single counterparts cannot easily obtain
Centuries-old laws governing monogamy and polygyny ensure the poor get a fair chance to find a suitable mate
Infidelity is dependent upon a variety of factors that can change with time
“Human capital” has changed the dynamics of relationships, giving women more “bargaining power”
Life expectancy and income inequality play a large role in developing “age of consent” laws
Teenage sex and abortion rates are dropping, but differences in race prove not all things are equal
Older adults are getting married more frequently, but STD rates are also rising among them
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Who should read Dollars and Sex book
- psychologists
- sociologists
- sex and economics educators
- college students
- anyone interested in the history of marriage and economics
About the author of Dollars and Sex
Marina Adshade
Economist Marina Adshade is a professor at the University of British Columbia, where her course the “Economics of Sex and Love” has earned her international recognition. Her popular blog, “Dollars and Sex,” generated a book by the same name. Adshade is a staff writer for Canadian Business Magazine and has also written for the Wall Street Journal.
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