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Selling Romance

Have dating apps reduced romance to a commodity?

Dating apps like Tinder are a multi-billion dollar business, but have they reduced romance to a commodity? Vivienne Nunis speaks to Stanford University economist Paul Oyer, author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating. Historian Moira Weigel, author of Labor of Love, explains how dating and commerce have always been intertwined, and Eric Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Scruff, a dating app for gay and bisexual men, argues that dating apps are doing more than just selling romance.

(Photo: Dating apps on a phone, Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 23 Jan 2019 13:32GMT

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  • Wed 23 Jan 2019 08:32GMT
  • Wed 23 Jan 2019 13:32GMT

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