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03-30-2005, 11:45 AM
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Sweden Studies Cost Of "Vice"
From cnn.money.com
Sweden's statistics bureau has set up a "vice squad" to work out how much Swedes spend on prostitutes, illegal drugs and smuggled alcohol to calculate the true size of the economy in compliance with European Union rules. The head of the team, Birgitta Magnusson, told Reuters on Tuesday that the overall impact on Sweden's $365-billion gross domestic product (GDP) would be "very, very small." The European Commission ruled in 1996 that national accounts must include all transactions -- an easier task for states like the Netherlands where some drugs and prostitution are legal, but a tall order for countries like Sweden where they are outlawed... Entire Story Here 
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