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How will consumers respond to $4-per-gallon gas?

The AAA national average for gas is now above $4 a gallon.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong looks at how consumers are expected to respond with Syon Bhanot, a behavioral and public economist, and an associate professor of economics at Swarthmore College.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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