Mitchell Hartman
speaker
165 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6 Apr
Mitchell Hartman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
High prices are supposed to be a signal, and without it, people keep driving as if no oil shortage exists.
leading to longer-term pain.
There are also pretty immediate economic consequences.
Temporary price caps usually promote panic buying, hoarding, and theft.
Severin Borenstein is faculty director at UC Berkeley's Energy Institute at Haas.
At one point during the 1979 oil crisis, the U.S.
even implemented a rationing rule where drivers could only purchase gas on alternating days based on whether the last digit of their license plate was odd or even.
It created a lot of friction.
People can't get to work.
Businesses can't deliver goods.
And in the end, that causes more economic damage, says Borenstein, than having to pay for expensive gas.
I'm Kristen Schwab for Marketplace.
Mike McKee is a showman.
That's him behind the drums.
As a musician, McKee has always been self-employed and on his own for insurance.
That means going with high deductible plans.
They're less expensive each month, but leave you with bigger medical bills.
The plans also allow you to start a health savings account, but he never has.
The math didn't math for me.
He'd rather save in more straightforward ways, retirement accounts or college savings for the kid.
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