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Introducing “The Economics of Everyday Things”

Freakonomics Radio

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Introduction

Americans use $374 million gallons of gas every day. Relative to other countries, gas is actually pretty cheap in the US. When gas gets more expensive, we all look for someone to blame. But are gas station owners really swimming in cash? Not at all.

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