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No, It's Not "Greed" or "Price Gouging" That's Driving up Gas Prices

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06/24/2022Ryan McMaken
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Millian Quinteros

By late 2021, fueled by trillions in newly printed money, gasoline prices had surged to ten-year highs. Now, even in inflation-adjusted terms, gasoline prices are surging to new highs.

Original Article: "No, It's Not "Greed" or "Price Gouging" That's Driving up Gas Prices"

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Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is executive editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in public policy and international relations from the University of Colorado. He was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities and Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.

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No, It's Not "Greed" or "Price Gouging" That's Driving up Gas Prices