A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
This Halloween, the real jump scare is how high candy prices are under Trump’s economy. Check out this new report 🔽
As day to day life seems increasingly unaffordable, a new book explores how dynamic and surveillance pricing is making this problem worse.
For the Economic Populist, Gouged author @owenslindsay1 spoke with our own @helaineolen: "Gouged is a book about the reinvention of the
It can be impossible to know if your personal AI agent is working for you or a retailer, our @owenslindsay1 told @CBSNews.
Walmart's CEO admitted their "Sparky" boosted average order values by 40%, potentially upcharging their customers.
"The ways in which pricing have become a highly engineered science have eroded the ability for shoppers to comparison shop."
Our @owenslindsay1 sat down with @helaineolen to discuss her new book, and what the end of a fair prices means for our overall society & economy.
NEW from us and @TCFdotorg: Americans hoping not to break the bank when preparing for Halloween this year have few options.
Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% – a staggering 4x overall inflation. @scrippsnews with the exclusive 👇
Two new housing reports this morning: Pending home sales fell 7.3% in September, reaching their lowest level since records began in 2001. Single-family building permits dropped 4.0%, hitting their lowest level since March 2023.
👻 The scariest thing about Halloween this year might be the price of candy.
Our new report w/ @Groundwork shows candy prices are up 15.3%, 4x faster than overall inflation, and 40% of parents with kids under 18 plan to take on debt for Halloween costs: https://go.tcf.org/Halloween
The scariest thing Americans face this Halloween won’t be a haunted house, but the price tags in the candy aisle.
🚨NEW: We and @TCFdotorg found Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% – a staggering 4x overall inflation.
We have compiled a decade’s worth of Walmart patents that spell out their new pricing technology.
The proof is at the patent office: Walmart is building the tech they could use to set personalized prices.
Great sitting down with @wusa9 on behalf of @Groundwork to talk rising inflation, the Iran war, and tariffs, and what it all means for working families already stretched thin.
Prices are up & wages are down.
Little wonder, then, that measures of consumer sentiment have worsened.
“The thing that people want more than anything, more than economic opportunity or economic growth, they want economic stability,” @ENPancotti told @bencasselman.
Americans were furious about their living costs before AI. Now, they’re contending with a technology that may lead to transformational economic change.
“People really crave stability. They do not like change. And prices are going up & up & up & up,” @AlexSJacquez told @politico.
It should not be on consumers to dodge and weave corporations' deceptive pricing practices.
But it is time for to update our rules for an age of e-commerce, agentic commerce, and shopping that is increasingly assisted by AI, @owenslindsay1 writes for @CNBC.
Things Walmart has patented:
🐟 Put tuna in your cart, pay more for mayo
🎟️ Coupons withheld if you’re 90%+ likely to buy anyway
😤 Refunds scaled to how much of a fuss you’ll make
🚗 A camera that reads your car’s suspension to guess how much you bought
Voters across party lines increasingly believe America’s political and economic systems are rigged in favor of powerful interests.
“That’s now the diagnosis that the American people share – broadly, firmly & coherently,” @owenslindsay1 told @business.
