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The ‘Annoyance Economy’ Is More Than Just Annoying

The accumulated cost of what some refer to as the “annoyance economy” adds up to $165 billion a year in lost time and wasted money for American families, according to a new report from Neale Mahoney, a Stanford economist, and Chad Maisel, a policy fellow at Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive research organization.

April 12, 2026 New York Times
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US consumer inflation expected to have surged in March amid Iran war

"Trump has betrayed working families," said Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group. "The president's illegal war in Iran is just the latest in his misguided economic agenda that continues to pummel American families, small businesses and communities."

April 10, 2026 Reuters
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Trump’s War in Iran Hits Pockets at Home as Inflation Spikes

President Trump’s chaos in the Middle East disrupts supply, and drives up prices across the economy while working families struggle to make ends meet.

April 10, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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‘It’s an Opportunity for Us’: Behind Closed Doors, Airlines Gleefully Cash-in on Iran War

As President Donald Trump’s Iran War strains working families’ wallets, Groundwork Collaborative today released new analysis exposing airline executives for using the conflict to increase their profits — and bragging about it.

April 9, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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CPI report may show inflation hitting 2024 levels amid soaring gas prices

"We had started to see credit delinquencies increase. We had started to see savings rates go down. We have seen wage growth really stagnate," Elizabeth Pancotti told CBS News. "If you pile on to that, I think you go from flashing warning signs to major flashing alarm bells."

April 9, 2026 CBS News
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Key Zohran Mamdani Priority Gets Polling Boost

Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, said in a recent report: "It's really clear that a modest tax increase on millionaires—like the Fair Share Act—is just vastly preferable to the alternative, draconian budget cuts that are going to hit families hard."

April 9, 2026 Newsweek
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New Data Shows Trump’s Economy Faltering Before Illegal War in Iran

American families pay the price of stifled growth and creeping inflation while corporations rake it in amidst havoc in Middle East.

April 9, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Dems eyeing 2028 want huge tax cuts — but big hikes for the rich

"It's clearly suboptimal policy," Alex Jacquez, who worked in the Biden White House's National Economic Council and now is a top aide at the liberal think tank Groundwork Collaborative, said of both proposals.

April 5, 2026 Axios
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The April jobs report looks good — but there’s rot underneath.

Adding insult to injury: there is some evidence, according to the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, big corporations are taking advantage of all the confusion to impose inflationary price hikes in order to boost their own profits.

April 3, 2026 MS Now
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Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost

President’s FY27 budget slashes programs that help families cover everyday costs to pour half-a-trillion into the Iran war and Pentagon as Americans’ trust in Trump’s economic agenda hits record lows.

April 3, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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