How a call girl can earn far more by actually working far less

Post by aresant » Wed, Aug 25, 2010, 5:17 AM UTC

Post by lotusleaf1987 » Wed, Aug 25, 2010, 5:20 AM UTC

Post by zaidf » Wed, Aug 25, 2010, 5:21 AM UTC

aresant wrote: post #2

Disclaimer: Freakonomics to me embodies modern business writing at its worst. Anecdotal, single case half-correlations that try to pretend they’re something more than fluff entertainment. In this article, they truly don’t disappoint. A hilarious and misguided glorification of what, I imagine, is a soul crushing business for 99/100 prostitutes. Written like a recruiting pamphlet, to boot. And the answer to how a prost…

Post by aresant » Wed, Aug 25, 2010, 5:29 AM UTC

cglee wrote: post #7

zaidf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is a soul crushing business for 99/100 prostitutes How is that conclusion much better than the one you're attacking?

I think his point in that example was that articles that seek to glorify something that supports human trafficking, sex slavery, and forced rape - all of which millions are currently victims - should be based on more than conjecture and assumptions.

Post by olalonde » Wed, Aug 25, 2010, 5:38 AM UTC

lotusleaf1987 wrote: post #4

The best part is at the end when the monkey pays another monkey for sex.