A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
This is why we have to use the public balance sheet and it’s access to cheaper capital to counter-cyclically build housing. Fannie, Freddie, FHLBs can do this now:
Best 3 things about writing a book I didn’t expect.
1. People send you pics of their cute kids reading it.
2. Lengthy & brilliant goodreads reviews.
3. People send you pics of your book on shelves in bookstores across the country.
Thanks guys!
I am looking forward to reading the new book from @owenslindsay1 - who is one of the leaders of an effort to not only amplify populist economics, but also to end neoliberal wonks' domination of the Democratic Party's policy apparatus.
There’s a great new book out that really speaks to our age : “Gouged” by Lindsay Owens. It answers the Q: what happened to pricing ?
Really enjoying what I’ve read of @owenslindsay1’s book Gouged, which chronicles in enormous detail the rise of dynamic pricing
The economy added just 29,000 jobs in September. Health care accounted for nearly 17,000 of them, or 58% of all jobs added this month. Over the past year, the sector has accounted for 75% of total job gains.
Shoppers know the deck is stacked in favor of corporations, and they’re tired of being spied on and ripped off.
A reckoning is long overdue. In "Gouged", @owenslindsay1 lays out the path forward: the Shoppers’ Bill of Rights.
Corporations have gotten really good at ripping us off – from the grocery aisle to our online shopping carts to the gas pump. The whole game is rigged.
These are the tricks and schemes @owenslindsay1 lays out in "Gouged", available everywhere now.
From the @nypost: If it feels like you’re being nickel-and-dimed in every aspect of your life, it’s not your imagination.
@owenslindsay1 breaks down why surveillance pricing is so nefarious: "It's the intersection of two things we hate: being spied on & being overcharged.”
We're in a new era where prices aren't set by how much it costs to make a good or to bring it to market.
"This is about a new corporate credo: The right price is the one that they can get you to fork over."
@owenslindsay1 on @morningjoe showing how Big Biz is ripping you off.
Are you feeling watched as you leave your data wherever you go and gouged as prices are getting ever more individualized? It’s not just a feeling. It’s a reality as @owenslindsay1 shows in her new book.
Very excited for this new book! @owenslindsay1 has spent years investigating and exposing price gouging. This is a terrific and must-read book for everyone interested in an affordable, fair economy.
Talk is cheap. The patent office doesn’t lie.
@Walmart's CEO swears they won't use surveillance pricing on its shoppers. But its own patent applications tell a different story: Walmart is building an arsenal of new technologies designed to squeeze consumers.
September jobs report is out. Here’s what jumped out for me.
- Economy added just 29K jobs, a third of the expected 90K
- Health care is creating most of the jobs
- We actually lost jobs in July
- Black unemployment jumped from 6% to 7% (labor force did grow though)
- Hourly
