Zanimiv članek v The Economistu o tem, kako liberalizacija najstarejše obrti ni nujno dobra, prepoved pa ne vedno slaba. Članek primerja različni poti Švedske in Nemčije v zadnjem desetletju glede regulacije najstarejše obrti. Nemčija je dejavnost ponujanja spolnih storitev popolnoma liberalizirala, Švedska pa prepovedala in stigmatizirala moške uporabnike teh storitev. Nemčija je tako razvila novo primerjalno prednost in se spremenila v gromozanski bordel oziroma v glavno seks-turistično destinacijo v Evropi. Kar pa je za seboj potegnilo tudi trgovanje z ljudmi in kriminal.

Prostitution seems to have declined in Sweden (unless it has merely gone deep underground), whereas Germany has turned into a giant brothel and even a destination for European sex tourism. The best guess is that Germany has about 400,000 prostitutes catering to 1m men a day.

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In the end, the policy choice comes back to culture and ideology, argues Susanne Dodillet at the University of Göteborg. Both the Swedish and the German laws originated in the feminist and left-leaning movements in these countries. But whereas progressive Swedes view their state as able to set positive goals, Germans (the Greens, especially) mistrust the state on questions of personal morality as a hypocritical and authoritarian threat to self-expression. Only this can explain why Swedes continue overwhelmingly to support their policy, and Germans theirs.

Vir: The Economist