A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
My new piece in @thenation celebrating @NYCMayor, @saalevine, and @JulieSuLabor on the first day of click-to-cancel in NYC—saving New Yorkers more than $1 million and at least 600,000 hours/year. (And a fun anecdote about my youthful dalliance w/ the Columbia Record Club).
At its core, @owenslindsay1's new book, Gouged, is a true crime story.
Because how Big Tech and giant corporations are ripping you off should be criminal – and sometimes it is. Find out how and what to do about it.
Gouged is now available wherever books are sold!
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Trump may be boasting, but working families aren't fooled.
“Trump’s approval rating on the economy was his superpower in his first term, but now it’s absolutely in the toilet," @owenslindsay1 told @guardian, with just 28% approving of Trump's handling of the economy.
Shopping in the digital age is exhausting and expensive. It's time to rein in price gouging for good. From @owenslindsay1 of @Groundwork:
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After we exposed @Walmart’s shady pricing practices, its CEO rushed into damage control. Scrutiny works.
But consumers shouldn’t have to police corporations for a fair deal. Our Shoppers’ Bill of Rights would protect consumers with the force of law.
Have you ever wondered why your rent is so high? Or hotel rooms, airline tickets, and even meat and potatoes?
Economic expert @owenslindsay1 explains in her book, ‘Gouged,’ how powerful tech companies use algorithmic tools to transform how companies price everything up.
We're thrilled to share that @owenslindsay1 has been named as one of @washingtonian's Most Powerful Women in Washington this year!
Congrats to Lindsay and all the incredible women mentioned.
Algorithms are now setting prices – and often using your data to do it. Consumers don't have to simply accept it.
“Shoppers turned picket lines into policy before, and they can do it again,” @owenslindsay1 told @FastCompany.
It’s not just Instacart or Walmart. AI-powered pricing schemes are spreading across the economy.
Now StubHub has been caught treating customers like guinea pigs, testing how much they can charge different people for tickets to the same show.
@owenslindsay1 on the @TODAYshow
Gouged is: "Lucid and grimly entertaining in its outrage, this is a forceful argument for fairness in the digital marketplace."
But that's not us – that's @PublishersWkly in their new review! You can pick up your copy now from wherever books are sold.
If you feel exhausted & embattled when you’re shopping, if you feel like these price tags aren’t random, you’re right. The game is rigged.
@owenslindsay1 breaks down how corporations are gaming the system – and why we need a Shoppers' Bill of Rights for today's world in @wapo.
When Coke flirted with dynamic pricing on hot days in 1999, they were shamed out of it. Today, that sort of variable pricing is everywhere.
On this week's episode of NO SUCH THING, I talk to @owenslindsay1 to find out how we got here.
LISTEN HERE: https://pod.link/1780210954/episode/YzI1MDhjZDUtMGRhYS00MGM4LTkwMDktYjRkMzAxMGE4NzJk
Happy Wednesday! Ahead on @ZerlinaMornings: Candidate for MO-02 @FPWellman, nominee for Senate in LA Jamie Davis and author of "Gouged" @owenslindsay1.
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