Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000? A single company, EssilorLuxottica, owns so much of the eyewear industry that it’s hard to escape their gravitational pull — or their “obscene” markups. Should regulators do something? Can Warby Parker steal market share? And how did Ray-Bans become a luxury brand? (Part one of a two-part series.)
![Freakonomics](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/b6246f434d00acac4ae33b8c614ebd04659d3610/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Ffreakonomics.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F12%2Ffreako_logo.png)