College Tuition vs. Home Prices vs. CPI...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

Today's No Comment item is a chart from Business Insider showing the cost of college tuition, the price of U.S. homes, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI - the estimated average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households) from 1978 to 2010:

Business Insider asks, "Is College Education The Next Bubble Set to Burst?" 

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