One article which I read recently was rather eye-opening: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/college-costs-the-sequel/?hp http://opinionator.blogs.

One article which I read recently was rather eye-opening: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/college-costs-the-sequel/?hp http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/college-cost... In it, inflation adjusted prices of dental services are plotted against time, along with the price of higher education. Amazingly, they track each other extremely well, which would suggest that the price of services in general are increasing at a rate higher than inflation....It would be interesting to see the price for other services plotted on the same graph. If the curve is "universal", then it might be an indicator that we should look to causes in the broader economy...