Professor of Economics & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Michael Ash is professor of economics and public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He co-directs the Corporate Toxics Information Project of the Political Economy Research Institute, which publishes the Toxic 100 index identifying top US polluters. Ash served as staff labor economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1995-1996 and as Princeton Project 55 Fellow for the Trenton Office of Policy Studies (NJ) in 1991-1992.
Could college textbooks soon get cheaper?
Aug 28, 2018 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
How much money do students spend on college textbooks? The answer is: too much. Since 1982, the price of new textbooks has tripled even after taking inflation into account. Since 2006, it has outstripped the rate of...