Interesting observation from Jeff Tucker on the Mises Blog about the reason for the inflated cost of academic books:
July 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker
This new book in Austrian theory is $711.
A similarly sized hardback in the Mises store is $25.
Just saying.
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Pierre July 29, 2011 at 12:45 pm [edit]-
Jeffrey Tucker July 29, 2011 at 12:57 pm [edit]-
No. It is just reprints from academic journals.
You do know what makes this crazy system work, right? 1) copyright monopolies, 2) tax money that is buying these books for state university libraries.
Is there a free online version of Austrian Law And Economics? jk…