Pain at the gas pump

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Gas prices are rising, but — when adjusted for inflation — they aren't
as bad as they seem. So why do rising prices drive us so crazy?

SOURCE: Energy Information Administration; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. Published March 23, 2012.

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