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A University education is priced as though as it has near-term ROI. The government has subsidized it on the basis that it's opening an investment with strong near-term ROI to its citizens.

I don't think you can claim that this ROI is not its purpose.



If you only see life throuh a ROI lens…


I do think ROI is the best lens for trying to explain why something is priced at a substantial fraction of a million dollars.


For a very specific frame of time, and a very specific definition of "return".

Looking back at history, most, if not all marvels of the world have been built without a ROI lens.




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