As soon as oil prices rise, it takes little time before drivers begin to feel the pain at the pump. But it takes far longer for price decreases to reach consumers. Here’s why.
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Worried about the meaning of existence? You might want to check out Raj Patel’s best-selling book The Value of Nothing. Its message about how we value — and misvalue — the world and ourselves charts a middle path toward a society in which our economic choices aren’t dominated by Big Brother or big corporations.
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