A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available September 29, 2026
NEW: Our new report exposes how AI is already driving up costs for Americans on nearly every line of the household budget – and how that toll will only grow.
AI could be used to lower costs for working families. Instead, its turned into a hidden tax.
Our @owenslindsay1 joined @NRDC yesterday for Climate Week in New York City to discuss building durable environmental progress in a changing world.
Thanks to all who came out!
We're excited to announce @owenslindsay1 is officially on Substack!
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We have a book! Well I have a book! You can have one on Tuesday if you order here: https://bit.ly/GougedPRH
(Also, supply chain and scheduling and relocation issues in the printing space right now need to be taken up by @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway. My editor laid out a
NEW from Rishi Bharwani, Janelle Jones, @zoezoe_butler and @owenslindsay1:
A lot of talk about AI could harm us in the future. Not enough about how it's being used to harm us right now. From enabling scams to driving up medical bills, we look at the hidden costs of AI today.
Our new @Groundwork report looks at how AI is already raising and reshaping costs for electricity, car insurance, travel, health care, electronics, and more.
Tuesday is coming fast (and if anyone has tips for not losing your voice while talking all day and night I need them) but one of the absolute best part of this journey is talking to people who have already read your book! Don’t miss this fantastic convo with @halsinger and
Corporations have been finding new ways to rip you off for decades. But consumer power works.
Coca-Cola once tried charging more for soda on hot days until public backlash killed the idea.
I tell the story in "Gouged"—and gave @jonstewart a preview on @weeklyshowpod.
What happened to a fair price? @owenslindsay1 of @Groundwork Collaborative has a simple answer: Big Tech.
On this week's pod, we talk to Lindsay about her new book, "Gouged", and the reinvention of the rip off. You don't want to miss this one.
Less than a century ago, you could order a house out of a catalogue for as little as $18,000 in today’s dollars.
Today, that deal is gone. Our @EmDiVito wrote for @timesunion about our proposal for the federal government to fund 500,000 factory-built homes.
A cool thing this administration does is see how unpopular something they're doing is (kicking people off their health care) and then decide to do more of it (kick more people off their health care).
Kicking off the conversation on Gouged with @weeklyshowpod was sheer perfection. But one week out from pub day I’m also struck by how wide ranging the interest in the book has already been—from right wing outlets to progressive media to tabloids, business desks, tony magazines,
Had the pleasure of interviewing Lindsay Owens (@owenslindsay1), about her new book, "Gouged: The End of a Fair Price--And What That Means for Your Wallet" on The Slingshot.
Here's a snippet where Lindsay explains the simple yet powerful role of the price tag in protecting
Last year, @Groundwork helped expose Instacart's secret pricing experiments. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
I've spent years digging into the tricks & traps these companies use to empty our wallets. In fact, I wrote an entire book about them. My op-ed in @DailyMail.
Instacart was secretly experimenting on shoppers – until we stopped them.
Our @owenslindsay1 wrote the book about the tricks companies use to rip us off – and Instacart is just the tip of the iceberg.
Her new op-ed in @DailyMail on how consumers can protect themselves 👇
