> Why are certain things getting so much more expensive?
> * College textbooks
I've always felt that textbook pricing is predatory and should be subject to price gouging laws.
> * College textbooks
I've always felt that textbook pricing is predatory and should be subject to price gouging laws.
Markets in everything: University textbooks are always priced to be marginally outrageous. If they were to cost something ridiculous like $1,000 a piece, there would be protests and riots on campus. Instead they merely fleece the students for $100 or $200. Enough people pay up that the system is deemed imperfect rather than inherently flawed.