Going down

By J.D., G.S. and A.C.M.

Sex with prostitutes is getting cheaper

IN RECENT years the price of sex has fallen, according to analysis by The Economist. We have analysed 190,000 profiles of sex workers on an international review site. (Since it is active in America, where prostitution and its facilitation are illegal, it was not willing to be identified for this article.) One reason for the falling price of the hourly rate of a prostitute is the downturn that followed the 2007-08 financial crisis. Technology and large-scale migration also bring prices down.