Sunday 29 November 2015

Capitalism At Work -- Paul Craig Roberts - PaulCraigRoberts.org

Capitalism At Work 


Paul Craig Roberts
Zero Hedge reports a story from “Keep Talking Greece” that first appeared in The Timeshttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4624755.ece
According to the story, the plummeting living standards forced on the Greek people by German chancellor Merkel and the European banks have forced large numbers of young Greek women into prostitution. The large increase in the supply of women offering sexual services has dropped the price to 4 euros an hour. That’s $4.24, enough for a cheese pie or a sandwich, the value that bankster-imposed austerity has placed on an hour’s use of a woman’s body. The half hour price is $2.12. They don’t even get the minimum wage.
When one reads a story such as this, one hopes it is a parody or a caricature. Although the London Times has fallen a long way, it is not yet the kind of newspaper that can be purchased at grocery store checkout counters.

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