Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?"
Jul 23, 2019•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Over the last two decades, the prices of consumer goods like toys and electronics have gone way down, but the prices of health care and education have gone up roughly 200%. Why? In this episode, economist Alex Tabarrok discusses his latest book, co-authored with Eric Heller, "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?," which blames rising costs on a phenomenon called the Baumol Effect.
