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The national average for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.81 and climbing. As prices rise voters and politicians are more likely to blame the sitting president. But Obama, in his defense, says that this same cycle of blame has been going on for decades. And he’s right, according to our Washington correspondent Todd […]

Coming up, The Takeaway talks to two listeners who have been impacted by high gas prices in very different ways.

As the summer season comes closer and closer, one question abounds: where are you going for vacation? If you have a large car and a large family, the answer might be closer to home. Gas prices are at a nearly all-time high around the U.S. So, is it really affecting behavior? We’ve been asking listeners […]

Gas prices just keep on going up, up, up, and the average American’s wallet keeps getting thinner, thinner, thinner. Congress is set to return back to session next week, and try to remedy the situation.   But is there anything they can really do to lower gas prices, and haven’t we all seen this same movie […]

With the developing situation in Libya, and demonstrations being staged in other oil producing nations in the region , oil prices are particularly volatile. Louise Story explains what analysts are calling “the uncertainty premium.”