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The K-shaped economy comes into clear view as prices continue to rise, employers and workers lose confidence, and working families struggle to keep up.
Alex Jacquez: “I think people are mostly mad about prices, and they have been for a long time. People are less concerned about the job market and the labor market right now than they are with the rising cost of living.”
Working class Americans face a stumbling labor market propped up by limited concentrated growth, paychecks falling behind cost of living.
The One Fair Price Act, which protects against corporate price gouging powered by consumers’ personal data, now heads to Governor Hochul’s desk for signature.
Lindsay Owens is an economist who works for consumer rights group Groundwork Collaborative. Her first book, Gouged, is out later this year. “The price of watching live sport — and live music — has exploded over the last decade for three main reasons: monopoly, dynamic pricing and scarcity,” she said.
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices. These experiences are not just frustrating. US households are losing $165bn a year on the “annoyance economy” or “what we pay in time, fees and irritation to navigate our daily lives”, the Groundwork Collaborative, a thinktank that focuses on concentrations of private power, estimated in February.
Young Americans are grappling with the affordability crisis and a tough job market. MS NOW Reporter Maya Eaglin spoke with some voters about their concerns. Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens and former Campaign Manager for Julián Castro's presidential campaign Maya Rupert join Erielle Reshef to share their thoughts.
New analysis from Groundwork Collaborative and American Economic Liberties Project outlines how Trump and his cronies have used the White House to make a buck, driving up costs for consumers.
According to economic sociologist Lindsay Owens, the practice is rampant. She says companies have been investing for years in sophisticated tools meant to squeeze every last dollar out of consumers — and for the most part, it’s legal. Lindsay joins Morgan to talk about how we got here, the U.S. laws designed to fight back against surveillance pricing and what you can personally do to sidestep the practice.
“Americans are riproaring mad about data centers because of what they are doing to their communities, families and utility bills,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank. “Attributing what is quickly becoming a mass movement to nonprofits is a conspiracy theory and nothing else.”