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The Escort Economy


	A back-of-the-pillowcase analysis of just how big the high-end call-girl business really is. Scandal: Your Ad Here Scandal: Your Ad Here As Spitzer falls, a cottage industry rises. Read More Cubs Calculus Cubs Calculus A back-of-the-napkin analysis of how much investors might be willing to pay for Chicago's beloved underdogs. Read More Woman with finger over lips Image: Corbis While Eliot Spitzer will hereafter be known as Client 9, he can take comfort in the fact that he is by no means alone. About 700,000 men in the U.S. (or 0.65 percent) pay prostitutes for carnal relations each year, according to one survey. Still, the thousands of dollars Spitzer spent for what many people believe is a low-triple-digit transaction at most was eye-popping. That’s because he wasn’t tangling with your run-of-the-mill streetwalker; he was participating in the high-end, room-service-style escort economy, a slice of the industry that allows customers to order in advance, pick from a number of menus, even pay with a credit card. How large is this part of the business? After isolating the three typical escort experiences and consulting with economists and academics, Condé Nast Portfolio calculated a number. Read more: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/04/14/Prostitution-and-the-Escort-Economy/#ixzz0tNC3ZLFn independent escorts male escorts shemale escorts massage parlors strip clubs http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/04/14/Prostitution-and-the-Escort-Economy/

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