Sebastian, the One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater, has become curious about prices, and how Presidents are able to make them go up or go down. You explain to Sebastian that prices are predominately driven by market forces, not Presidents. “Really,” says Sebastian, “then explain this – I learned it from the XX network, the self-proclaimed source of absolute truth about everything!”
Use the theory of supply and demand to explain changes in the price of gasoline. You should do some historical investigation of the oil market to empirically “inform” your analysis. The Energy Information Administration is a good place to find primary data on oil and gasoline prices. Next, use critical thinking to explain to Sebastian how disinformation networks confuse people to accept a world view inconsistent with the fundamentals of economics.
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