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Can we stop the rising price of gas?

11:06 AM, February 29, 2012

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In this file photo, Philip Moses of Eagan fills up his SUV at a gas station in downtown St. Paul. (MPR Photo/Laura Yuen)

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  • James Hamilton: Professor of economics at the University of California-San Diego

The price of gas has increased for 22 days in a row. In some states, the price of a gallon of gas is already over $4. Why is this happening in February and can anything be done to halt it?

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