Sunday, September 18, 2016

Planet Money Podcast Looks at the Economics of Textbook Prices

The NPR Planet Money podcast spent a bit of time on the problem of textbook prices in the US.  I know that many folks here are concerned about textbook prices.  This piece, "Why Textbook Prices Keep Climbing", provides a pretty nuanced explanation of the problem.  As with many things, a big part of the problem is that instructors don't know the costs of the texts that they require and rarely select texts with pricing as a factor.
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2 comments:

  1. Mike ShulmanSeptember 19, 2016 at 9:25 PM

    But, curiously, the show contains no mention at all of open textbook initiatives. Unless I missed it?

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  2. Adeline AnneAugust 25, 2022 at 10:33 PM

    things to do in travelling? Let's see what we need to do first.

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