Economic Basics: Supply, Demand, Tariffs, and the Sex Trade

Supply and demand determine the price of goods and services. This is just a fact—and facts matter. High demand or low supply raises prices; low demand or high supply lowers them. Tariffs—taxes on imports—disrupt this balance by artificially increasing the cost of goods and services. 

This basic principle of economics has been proven true since the dawn of time. Yet somehow, it remains an inconvenient truth for End Demand supporters and all their ideological reboots—the Nordic Model, Swedish Model, Equality Model, whatever they're branding it this week.

End Demand theory tries to twist a solid economic principle into a convoluted "Advanced Yoga Pretzel Pose" in order to sell the idea that criminalizing certain parts of the sex trade will magically solve human trafficking. Spoiler: It won’t.