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The Homestretch | Mar 11, 2013 | 7:06

Sex, love and economics

Doug Dirks, host of the Homestretch, talks to Marina Adshade, author of "Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love," about how money and sex influence our dating behaviours.

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