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Today on Your Call: Why are gas prices going up?

By Matt Martin
Published March 20, 2012 at 12:16 AM PDT

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Michael Klare, author of The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources, and Kevin Hall, national economics correspondent for McClatchy. The national average price for a gallon gas is $3.84, and it’s expected to go up. What’s behind rising gas prices? Join us live at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. There are efforts to start “no gas Mondays.” What else should be done? What can be done?  It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College

Kevin Hall, national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers 

Web Resources:

Kevin G. Hall. McClatchy: Once again, speculators behind sharply rising oil and gasoline prices

Michael Klare, TomDispatch: Why High Gas Prices Are Here to Stay

Joe Fromm, Think Progress: Oil Companies Earn Billions While Americans Pay More

Rebecca Leber: Think Progress: ExxonMobil makes $41B, but pays estimated 17.6% tax rate

Bryan Walsh: Time Science: Viewpoint: Gas Prices and the Big GOP Lie

 

Media Matters: STUDY: Media Missing The Mark On Gas Prices

 

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Matt Martin
Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.
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