A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
Gouged is on tour!
Our @owenslindsay1 joined friend and colleague, @JamieMcGee_, at the @SoFestofBooks in Lindsay's hometown of Nashville.
Thanks to all who came out!
.@YahooNews looked into the five biggest retail horror stories of 2026 and Walmart's terrifying pricing patents come in at number 2.
40% of parents with young children will go into debt to cover Halloween costs.
No parent should have to financially burden themselves just to provide their kids with a holiday experience.
Donald Trump's broken economy is the scariest thing about Halloween this year.
Trump’s tariffs are all trick, no treat.
Halloween candy prices have increased by 15% from last year. The price of sour gummies increased by 39%.
This is the Trump economy: while parents struggle to pay for candy, Hershey received a $9 million tariff refund.
Trick-or-treating is going to be more expensive this year thanks to Trump’s tariffs & reckless war with Iran. Halloween candy prices are up 15 percent, with some favorites jumping even more.
"Companies collect lots of information on users and fail to protect it. Any real fix must be systematic and undertaken by policymakers."
@AlexSJacquez spoke with @BusinessInsider on how AI is making scams against older Americans more convincing – and what we can do about it.
"The Halloween tradition is now a financial burden.”
“The prices have gotten completely out of hand.”
People now spend on candy what they would spend on a week's worth of groceries thanks to Trump's economic policies & corporate profiteering. Our analysis in @nytimes.
Stubhub's pricing experiments are stopping fans from seeing their favorite artists.
“It’s not the resale ticket holder who’s getting that money. It’s StubHub, who’s just charging some concertgoers more just to see their favorite show," @owenslindsay1 told @NBCNews.
Nothing more terrifying than Trump's economy this Halloween.
Candy prices are through the roof:
Hershey Seasonal Peanut Butter Cups: +23%
Hershey Hard Candies: +19%
Ferrero Chocolate Pack: +19%
Mars Chocolate Variety Pack: +13%
Tootsie Variety Pack: +5%
What a duo! @owenslindsay1 and @elliswonk joined forces at @politicsandprose last week for a great conversation about Lindsay’s new book, "Gouged," and the ways corporations are using new technologies to reinvent the rip-off.
Thanks to everyone who joined us!
With the release of AI agents like Meta's Muse, tech companies are promising consumers that they will start saving them tons of money by finding the best deals.
On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, @owenslindsay1 joins @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway to discuss her think
Under Trumpism, Peanut Butter Cups are 23.4% more expensive
Happy Halloween.
From a new report by the Century Foundation
One final, jarring cost-spike before the election
I had so much fun joining @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway on Odd Lots. We dug in on the future of agentic commerce and talked about my new book, Gouged. Here are two of the experiments I cited on the show about conflicts of interest and personalized pricing.
1. A September 2026
Families can't catch a break.
Credit: @TCFdotorg and @Groundwork
