Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Ten years ago today, according to my journal, I paid $1.219 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline at a Texaco station in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The other day, I paid $2.459 per gallon. The price has doubled in a decade. My salary has increased by 49%. Thank goodness I don't do much driving.