tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4907924367541980838..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Conservative Economists Discover the Baumol Cost DiseaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-31873340382304297662019-05-29T09:18:22.333-04:002019-05-29T09:18:22.333-04:00Please explain what this post is about. I read th...Please explain what this post is about. I read the post a couple of times, but I am lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-12858237005867720122019-05-28T18:43:55.316-04:002019-05-28T18:43:55.316-04:00pgl,
You did not show the figure, but I have seen...pgl,<br /><br />You did not show the figure, but I have seen it in several locations. It is easy to blame Baumot, but I note that this figure is for price changes in the US. The most rapidly rising items are higher ed followed by health care. Funny thing, those two have not risen nearly as rapidly in other nations. Heck, on health care, 30 years ago health care costs in the US were not much different from other high income nations whereas today they are twice as high roughly, with the gap growing even more for higher ed costs. More is going on here with this.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com