UK: Drugs & Prostitution ar part of GDP

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UK is pioneering modern thinking in economics.

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Britain's Office of National Statistics said prostitution and the import, manufacture and consumption of illegal drugs will be counted when making the government's quarterly calculations of gross domestic product.

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Drugs? Prostitution? They Are Part of GDP Too, U.K. Says - NBC News

 

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One in 20 UK Students Turn to Sex Work

One in 20 UK students have admitted to selling their bodies for sex while studying, with men more likely to do so than women, according to the Student Sex Work Project report carried out by academics at Swansea University and National Union of Students (NUS) Wales.

The study also revealed that nearly a quarter of students in the UK have considered sex work to fund their time at university, a study reveals today.

For over half of those surveyed (56%), prostitution, escorting, stripping and internet porn were used to finance basic living costs. Nearly 40% said they were keen to reduce their student debt at the end of their course and 45% wanted to avoid falling into arrears.

http://www.newsweek.com/one-20-uk-students-turn-sex-work-317272