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Old 01-23-2015, 01:52 PM   #13
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by rolgiati View Post
Could this be due in great part to the loss a lot value of the US$ over the years ?
No.
Prices have gone up much faster and higher than inflation.
It is more along the lines of gouging a captive market because the people who pick the textbooks aren't paying for them. (And in many cases benefit from the higher prices.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/textb...flation-2014-4

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