It isn't even that. Food and beverages can be produced by other countries, heavily are, and not strictly regulated. Textbooks can be produced in India and the

It isn't even that. Food and beverages can be produced by other countries, heavily are, and not strictly regulated. Textbooks can be produced in India and there are many all over the internet. No government regulating the books here either in most cases beyond excluding certain topics. There are armies of people producing excellent tutorials for YouTube on all manner of subjects, so the cost of learning has plummeted. The cost of proving you learned anything has not, but that isn't due to government regulation, but rather nobody accepts a Coursera certificate and most are skeptical of cheap online schools. Indeed, the government is probably the most accepting employer of cheap online universities. This is the market speaking and saying that it doesn't want the alternatives for the reason the students are seeking education. Free market can’t make education cheaper as the real product is trust.