Arquitectura e prostituição

The delicate balance between these factors helps explain why, for instance, the typical prostitute earns more than the typical architect. It may not seem as though she should. The architect would appear to be more skilled (as the word is usually defined) and better educated (again, as usually defined). But little girls don’t grow up dreaming of becoming prostitutes, so the supply of potential prostitutes is relatively small. Their skills, while not necessarily “specialized,” are practiced in a very specialized context. The job is unpleasant and forbidding in at least two significant ways: the likelihood of violence and the lost opportunity of having a stable family life. As for demand? Let’s just say that an architect is more likely to hire a prostitute than vice versa.

LEVITT, S.; DUBNER, S. - Freakonomics: A Rogue Econonomist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2005. ISBN 006-07-3132-X

28 Junho 2005

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« 3 comentários

  • asterisco — 28.06.05 | 19:51 ≡

    Boa análise socio-económica. Mas quantas pessoas é que poderão dizer que nunca se prostituiram?

  • dan — 28.06.05 | 23:14 ≡

    !!Let’s just say that an architect is more likely to hire a prostitute than vice versa.:))))

    tá bonito tá

  • sushi lover — 01.07.05 | 02:35 ≡

    olha que nunca me ocorreu contratar uma prostituta. Não sei porquê…
    mas como as coisas vão…
    I think it’s more likely an architect to BECOME a prostitute.

    Até porque há muitos que já são, mas isso é outra conversa

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