A few percent annual inflation may not seem much but with the magic of compound interest, inflation yields a great price increase over time. Case in point, escort rate.

1980s Colt and Falcon pornstar Ed Wiley commanded $75 per session in this 1982 Escort Review Magazine ad. 25 years later, Buckshot exclusive Danny Roddick charges $500, a sixfold increase. Compared to other pornstars charging $350 a pop nowadays, it’s still a five fold inflation. Non-pornstar escorts charge $250 today, corresponding to the five fold increase to a fellow escort charging $50 (the ad above Ed Wiley’s.)

Ed Wiley was 11″ hung and may have commanded a premium for that.