tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post4242934861631107369..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Scaming lecture notes to studentsEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-88711421268740346382008-04-06T09:24:00.000-07:002008-04-06T09:24:00.000-07:00Lecture notes are of lower quality than textbooks:...Lecture notes are of lower quality than textbooks: no independent checking, less effort in layout and convenience, fewer ancillary products. Also, textbooks, while clearly <A HREF="http://economiclogic.blogspot.com/2008/03/exhorbitant-cost-of-textbooks.html" REL="nofollow">too expensive</A>, cannot be priced according to the location where the class is taught. The UF prof is clearly exploiting his monopoly position here, he has margins that must put to shame the best discriminators. <BR/><BR/>Usually, assigning your own textbook is regulated in that you are not allowed to get royalties. That does not seem to be the case here either.Economic Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-75620254316795687652008-04-06T07:38:00.000-07:002008-04-06T07:38:00.000-07:00How is this different that requiring students to b...How is this different that requiring students to buy a book written by the prof?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-41753685773240846592008-04-04T19:50:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:50:00.000-07:00In some countries, civil servants are so poorly pa...In some countries, civil servants are so poorly paid that they resort to corruption to get an income comparable to the private sector. Are University of Florida professors so poorly paid they need such schemes? I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-60552598345077955982008-04-04T19:47:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:47:00.000-07:00I share your disgust. Tuition is supposed to cover...I share your disgust. Tuition is supposed to cover the cost of learning. I may at the margin accept that external costs are not covered (textbooks, say), but the teacher should be providing any material for free. Or put it up on a system like WebCT that only students can access.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com