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Gas prices are up, and one listener wants to know who is and who isn’t to blame. On the show today, we do a little fact-checking on who’s really responsible for the high price at the pump. Plus, we’ll answer a lingering question about the carbon tax and explain how companies make money from the stock market. And Molly shares some important news about a big change she’s making.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Why politicians have little sway over gas prices” from “Marketplace”
- “Three Reasons Why Gas Prices Are So High Right Now” from Business Insider
- ICYMI: our episode on the case for a carbon tax
- MIT’s study on carbon taxes
- “Understanding how an IPO gets priced” from “Marketplace”
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