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The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
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Incoming Oversight Committee Chair @RobertGarcia on where he's shining the spotlight next: companies that use surveillance pricing.
"While you're struggling, CEOs and companies are making record profits. They're putting in place systems of surveillance pricing...you may pay more
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NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target
Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution”
Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more
https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/democrats-oversight-judiciary-corporate-investigations
Last night made it pretty clear: people are sick and tired of corporate America scheming its way to record profits while the rest of us get stuck with the bill.
Haul in corporate CEOs. Put them under oath. Make them answer for the rip-offs.
Time for some accountability.
From health care to housing to gas and groceries, the cost of living has not gone down, and the relief Trump promised is nowhere to be found.
That's what's top of mind for Americans today, our @AlexSJacquez tells @scrippsnews.
Here’s what’s brewing at Starbucks: AI-powered personalization calibrated to the exact maximum the company thinks you’ll pay.
"Consumers looking for their caffeine fix don’t need this extra shot on their wallets,” our @owenslindsay1 warned @Gizmodo.
Starbucks CEO says the company is planning to focus more on AI and tech, including adding a system that would recognize customers as they arrive in stores to "present personalized digital menus."
Ahead of tomorrow's midterms, I joined WUSA9 to talk about the economy and what voters are telling us about how they're feeling.
Clear explanation of how inequality feeds inflation: firms choose price over volume
One major consequence of the K-shaped economy? The $48 cocktail.
More and more companies are abandoning everyday Americans to chase wealthy customers who can afford to pay exorbitant prices.
Meanwhile, the rest of us get priced out.
Your AI agent may not be working for you – in fact, it might be ripping you off.
Our @owenslindsay1 joined @TheStalwart & @tracyalloway on the Odd Lots podcast to warn about trusting AI agents to do your shopping.
A new study tested over 325,000 agents with shocking results.
"Gouged" named a bestseller in Oklahoma by @TulsaPeople!
Thanks to everyone who's reading! And a big thanks to @AspenIdeas for having me in Tulsa earlier this month to talk about the book.
Get your copy: https://bit.ly/GougedPRH
DoorDash + Instacart know an alarming amount about how we shop. A merger would put that data – and the technology to exploit it – under one roof.
"It would be obviously illegal and consolidate an alarming amount of surveillance and pricing technology,” @owenslindsay1 told
Our @owenslindsay sat down with @1a to discuss the myriad of ways companies – big and small – are manipulating the the amount consumers pay for their products.
.@Groundwork is warning that @DoorDash's $17 billion acquisition of @Instacart could give it unprecedented power to hike prices.
Instacart has already tested charging shoppers up to 23% more for identical groceries.
Together, they'd control 77% of U.S. delivery-platform
A @Groundwork Collaborative report details how soaring funeral costs, probate fees, and inadequate life insurance can push American families into debt after a death.
