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Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning economic policy group, says it’s essential that progressives and liberals accept that AI will be a huge force in the world and design strategies for how to deal with it.
The share of unemployed workers who are new to the workforce recently hit a 37-year high, according to a report by the Groundwork Collaborative and Fortune magazine.
Trump’s war in Iran stifles growth across the economy while household budgets struggle to keep up with high prices.
Corporate greed and Trump’s war in Iran are robbing working families of their summer breaks, report finds.
Alex Jaquez, Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, joins the show to discuss an analysis from Groundwork entitled: “Big Oil Racks Up Windfall Profits While Consumers Pay Higher Prices”.
As Trump’s war in Iran drives up gas, grocery, and travel prices for Americans, oil executives are celebrating the $23 billion in windfall profits created by the crisis.
"This is kind of the same playbook,” said the progressive Groundwork Collaborative’s Alex Jacquez, who served on Biden’s National Economic Council. “You stare at a long list of things that either will make a marginal amount of difference or will at least kind of look like you are taking this seriously and taking action — but the reality is that there’s only so much that you can do from the executive branch.”
The cost of toppings and sides are up, too: Lettuce, tomatoes, hot dogs, beer and soda helped push the average price of the classic Memorial Day menu up 13% from a year ago, according to an analysis from the advocacy groups the Century Foundation and Groundwork Collaborative.
"It’s going to be virtually impossible to avoid price hikes for summer fun, whether that’s a road trip, that’s a flight, a vacation, whether that’s a couple nights in a hotel, or whether that’s a backyard barbecue," Lindsay Owens, Groundwork Collaborative’s executive director, said. "If you sit inside and watch TV, you’re going to be paying more for your AC."
Surveillance pricing is using data to potentially alter a price based on the customer's behavior, said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative.