Re: FLAMES on textbook prices

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From: tjhorton
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1987 09:29

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>il@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono) writes (in "FLAMES on textbook prices"):

>Has anyone ever done a study of the rate of increase of textbook prices
>on a year to year basis?  Last year's inflation was 4.6%.  Is it my
>imagination or are the book prices going up at more than that across the 
>street?

The implied gripe may be a bit wrong-sighted.

For example: LOTS of books come from outside Canada.  The Canadian dollar
hasn't done well on international markets over the last 2 years.  Etc.
You can't complain until you know where the "inflation" is coming from.
It might even come indirectly from you - like more money to faculty and
students, less money to subsidize the bookroom this year.  Or whatever.
The complaint may be valid, but before griping you ought to question
it from a broader perspective.  ("but that's not the NDP way" :-)

Tim
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