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Ladies of the night also feel pinch of economic dip

Prostitutes park in search of customers. (PHOTO COURTESY)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Economists, the high priests of social sciences, are known for using big terms to explain simple things.

A good example is gross domestic product (GDP) which in simple terms is the monetary value of all goods and services produced in a given country in a given year.

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