Money and Sex: The Hidden Impact of Economics on Love and Sexuality

Marina Adshade reveals the hidden ledger behind every romantic decision: sex, marriage, and fidelity all operate as markets governed by supply, demand, and price. From the $42,500 cost of premarital sex in the 1930s to the 60:40 gender ratio reshaping campus hookup culture, she traces how latex condoms triggered the Sexual Revolution, how Hot or Not data exposes the 130 percent jump in interest from a single attractiveness point, and how comparative advantage explains why couples divide household labor.

You'll learn:

- Why cheaper college tuition reduces teen sexual partners by 26 percent

- How birth control technology shifted the demand curve for premarital sex

- What the marriage market shares with international trade theory