Education: I graduated in 2001 from an Ivy League university. It cost $32K a year as far as I remember. The same thing costs $50K or so now? That's a pretty astounding increase in such a short time.
An increase of 56% in 14 years is only 3.2% per year. Sure, that's more than the 2.0% average inflation rate, but I wouldn't say that it's an astounding increase.