Graphing Calculator Cartels: The Artificial Stagnation of Educational Hardware

It is one of the most baffling anomalies in modern consumer technology: while smartphones have become exponentially cheaper and infinitely more powerful, the standard high school graphing calculator still costs well over a hundred dollars. It utilizes a pixelated black-and-white screen, runs on a processor from the 1990s, and is powered by AAA batteries. Yet, millions of students are forced to buy...