Comment by mxkopy
6 hours ago
> US textbooks cost multiple times more than the international version of the textbook
I mean, I think a lot of the incentives behind textbook pricing in the US are honestly not that dissimilar to the ones in healthcare. I know Pearson is particularly egregious for price gouging students because they have exclusive deals with schools to provide the textbook for some specific class or subject. They raise prices because f*ck it why not, they won’t get pushback, which is not a valid reason to do so in most other countries.
"they raise prices because f*ck it why not, they won’t get pushback"
This applies to more and more businesses these days. Textbooks, hospitals, colleges, veterinarians and so on. They basically have a captive audience so they do whatever they want.