It’s not news that the drop in oil prices has had a double-edged effect; hurting energy companies’ bottom lines but blessing motorists with less-expensive gasoline. What’s odd – some would say senseless – is what these consumers do with the money they’ve saved.First, they spent about 80 percent of the savings, rather than putting it in a bank. Most of this spending is on food, household goods and entertainment. But one study by Professors Justine Hastings of Brown University and Jesse Shapiro of the University…

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