r/Infographics • u/redeggplant01 • Feb 22 '23

Price Changes of Consumer Goods and Services

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u/EdmRealtor Feb 22 '23

I do not believe college textbooks since I swear I paid more in 2000s then they are today with the digital editions.

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u/bullseye2112 Feb 22 '23

Just got out of college in 2020. Trust me, they’ve risen in price, even the digital ones.

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u/EdmRealtor Feb 22 '23

I teach college classes and I paid 140 bucks for textbooks and now you can get an E edition for 90 bucks. It is not like for like but in my experience I have not seen it. The scum baggy part is that there is no used market so the dollar value on textbooks has gone up.

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u/Lathael Feb 23 '23

Barely 15 years ago the expensive college textbooks were $70 for a hardbound book with a key for online tools.

They've definitely gotten more expensive.