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Why are Economics textbooks so expensive?
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This is a question asked by many thousands of students and teachers every year. For students at university, the annual cost of buying the recommended texts can be a sizeable percentage of their total study expenses. Teachers know full well that the latest paperback editions of textbooks are now so expensive that class sets are a luxury fewer and fewer schools can afford.
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