University of Michigan and UC Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan and visiting professor at the Haas Energy Institute at the University of California, Berkeley
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Ryan Kellogg
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FROM Ryan Kellogg
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Pain at the Pump: What's behind the High Gas Prices? Republicans are blaming the President, and he's announcing new energy strategies , as the price of gasoline is up to more than $4 a gallon in parts of the country for the first time since 2008. The average increase is 30 cents since the start of the year. A top House Republican says, "Gas prices will be the number one issue by summertime." What are the real reasons for the increase? How long is it likely to last? We talk with Daniel Yergin, a leading authority on the topic, and others.
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Gasoline Prices Make for a Long, Hot Political Summer The price of gasoline is up by an average of 30 cents since the start of the year. In parts of the country it's more than $4 a gallon , for the first time since 2008. Republicans are denouncing the Obama Administration, and the President is announcing new energy strategies . But gasoline prices go up every summer. Why? Do federal policies make a difference, whoever's in office? We talk with renowned energy expert Daniel Yergin, and get some tips for consumers on what to expect and how you can find " the lowest prices near you ."
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It's Baaack, but Does Daylight Saving Time Really Save Energy? This weekend, we'll lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of sunlight as Daylight Savings kicks in, all on the assumption that energy will be saved. Benjamin Franklin, America's practical founding father, thought daylight savings time would save energy. That was the rationale used in World Wars I and II, and the reason we'll be changing the clocks at 2 am this coming Sunday. Was Franklin right? Ryan Kellogg, Professor of Economics at University of Michigan, has a surprising answer.
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.