The FTC just announced it's seeking public comment on curbing surveillance pricing.
@owenslindsay1: "Despite calling surveillance pricing a 'made up' term, Chairman Ferguson has finally woken up to the fact that companies are trying to pull a fast one on American shoppers."
Chairman Ferguson seems to have realized the error of his ways in closing up shop on the FTC's surveillance pricing investigation as one of his first acts in office.
But today's policy statement makes it clear he plans to let companies off the hook as long as they bury in the
As young families are increasingly priced out of the housing market, policy researchers at @Groundwork are pushing a bold new proposal to build 500,000 high quality mass-produced homes in order to drive down costs.
🚨NEW: The median single-family home now sells for over $410,000, a staggering 24.8% increase since 2020.
Our new bold proposal would address this crisis by delivering 500,000 high-quality, factory-built homes to families across the country at affordable prices.
New paper from @EmDiVito, @AlexSJacquez, and me featured in @washingtonpost today. We propose building 500k high-quality, factory-built homes over 8 years and selling them directly to families across the country. More below 🧵
Trump is giving your money to his corporate backers.
His illegal tariffs have cost working families over $1,100, but now the refunds – to the tune of billions – are going to Apple & Amazon.
Our polling on how voters feel about this scam in @danpfeiffer's substack 👇
More and more cities are looking towards manufactured homes as a solution to their housing affordability crisis.
That's exactly our idea: 500,000 affordable homes delivered to the communities who need it most.
@wapo with the exclusive 👇
🚨 NEW: Homeownership is slipping out of reach — especially for young Americans. The median-priced home now costs +$400,000. Something is broken.
Our new housing plan borrows an idea that helped families buy affordable starter homes more than a century ago: the Sears “house in a
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This is a summer of wildfire smoke & record-breaking heat waves. But – thanks to large companies & their allies – workers still lack a comprehensive federal standard to protect them.
“The focus is on the product. ​If the workers melt or the workers freeze, nobody gives a damn."
Thanks to Trump's economic policies, school supplies are another budget item straining families' budgets.
As one parent said, "I’m not going to sugarcoat it: Yes, we struggle every day, every month. We struggle if it’s food or if it’s gas, or whatever it is. We struggle."
We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing."
That's when companies change their prices in real time.
If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up.
If it's cold, tea bags could go up.
It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.
Diving into the new @owenslindsay1 from @Groundwork / PRH
she was mocked! and then validated... we saw headlines like these, and then: open defenses of asymmetric surveillance pricing. excited to learn more... she's always a top source on the consumer watchdog side of the ledger
What is “Blue Dot Fever� and why is it forcing massive artists like @KaceyMusgraves to cancel shows?
Well, ticket sellers have spent years perfecting new ways to squeeze every last dollar out of fans. Now, they may have finally pushed too far. 🧵
The power of Amazon’s PrimeDay. Retail sales down by most in more than a year, and Amazon’s decision to push PrimeDay up to June instead of July this year is showing an impact in the data.
