On the way to work today I heard a story on NPR about the ridiculous cost of college textbooks. I remember being in college and getting the total at the bookstore and thinking what a ripoff it was. Of course, I remember it being maybe $300-350 but the NPR story was saying the average is more like $500-600 now. Weak!

Apparently the industry is $6B a year! Bastards! The newsworthy bit is that 12+ states are considering laws that would restrict price increases for college textbooks. And see, I completely support that. I have never understood why those books need to be so damn expensive. So, US Government, I fully support you regulating those evil book sellers. I’m sure you will sleep easier tonight knowing that to be true.

Listen to the story

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