[s73v3r_]

Saying "The market sets pricing" is admitting that it's arbitrary.

"If we fully deregulated education I bet you’d see teacher’s salaries rise."

I don't, not by a long shot.

"it’s disingenuous to suggest demand and its impact on price is “arbitrary”."

But that's not what I'm suggesting. Demand for teachers is pretty high. Pay has not risen to meet that demand, however. Demand for software engineers is also high, but only in some places has that demand correlated with a rise in salary.

It is completely arbitrary.

[malvosenior]

Supply and demand defining price is economics 101. If you’re going to propose an alternative reality, you’re going to have to provide some data to back it up.

[s73v3r_]

And Econ 101 is extremely simplified, due to being an entry level course. Go beyond the freshman level, and you'll find far more nuanced forces at play.

[malvosenior]

Nuanced != arbitrary