Marina Adshade

Marina Adshade

Economics Professor, Dalhousie University

Marina Adshade writes the blog Dollars and Sex for Big Think.  She is an assistant professor in the department of economics at Dalhousie University and teaches a popular undergraduate course called the Economics of Sex and Love. She has a Ph.D. in economics from Queen’s University. 

In a recent interview in the New York Times Magazine, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said that he was very proud that he had paved the way for middle-class couples to […]
Marriage rates for educated women are falling in cities because there aren't enough available men.
In countries that regulate prostitution, more sex trade workers end up on the street and disease rates rise. 
To combat drunkenness, Halifax raised drink prices at bars.  Will this also reduce unsafe sex and STI's?