What's Behind Soaring Gas Prices?
News & Notes kicks off a week-long series focused on America's gas and oil crisis with economics contributor Bill Spriggs.
He offers an economic overview and breaks down hot button issues like oil speculation and offshore drilling.
Spriggs is professor and chair of the economics department at Howard University.
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