Why are essential generic drug shortages becoming so common?
Alejandro Molina at @Groundwork breaks down how generic drug shortages happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILLnmTSiQo
StubHub operates the world's largest ticket resale marketplace.
But its own financial docs reveal those resale tickets could be coming from a pro scalper with close ties to StubHub — including one run by StubHub's CEO.
Another example of a system rigged against consumers.
Ticket prices — from concerts to the World Cup — have exploded over the last decade, in part, thanks to Live Nation's monopoly of the market.
Live Nation's level of control enables them to pile on junk fees every time someone buys a ticket.
The U.S. may be knocked out of the World Cup, but FIFA's pricing scam is still in play.
This year's World Cup is the most expensive for fans in history — a choice FIFA made.
The house always win, which means the fans always lose.
The U.S. may be knocked out of the World Cup, but FIFA's pricing scam is still in play.
This year's World Cup is the most expensive for fans in history — a choice FIFA made. The house always win, which means the fans always lose.
NEW data released today shows workers' paychecks are continuing to struggle to keep pace with the cost of living.
Trump’s war in the Middle East will have lasting, layered effects on our economy for months to come, and it's families who will continue to pay the price.
Thanks to the GOP's tax law, some Americans are now going hungry.
~2.4 million people will be cut out completely from SNAP benefits. And that doesn't even include the ~18 million kids who could lose access to free school meals.
Prices rose 3.5% over the past year in June, down from May’s 4.2%, almost entirely driven by gas prices falling during the short-lived ceasefire in Trump’s war with Iran. Take a look at that sizable drop in gas prices in June.
Cheaper gasoline was the main star of today’s June inflation report. The issue though is the ceasefire that led to some relief at the pump has since collapsed, and gas prices have reversed. Both oil and gas prices rose last week. This report doesn’t capture that.
When companies use surveillance pricing — setting prices based on your personal information — it's nearly impossible to price compare.
“I feel very strongly that it should not be the consumer’s job to duck, dodge, bob, and weave to beat the machine,” @owenslindsay1 tells
It's been one year since the GOP passed their deadly tax law. We're not being glib when we say deadly:
3.8M people lost Medicaid & CHIP coverage
+1,000 hospitals & nursing homes shut down or are at risk
40 maternity wards, 30 nursing homes, & +360 clinics shut down
Free market fundamentalism has been the consensus in Washington for 40 years, but that's dramatically changing, reports @axios.
"It delivered an economy that is highly unequal, in which a huge percentage of Americans feel a large amount of economic anxiety." @owenslindsay1
The entry-level job market is the worst it's been in 37 years.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/entry-level-job-market-worst-093000475.html via @NiaMLaw @Groundwork @FortuneMagazine @YahooFinance
In Delta's earnings call today, the company revealed that in the face of a 50% increase in fuel costs, their profit margins nearly tripled in Q2, from 3.2% to 9.4%.
Ed Bastian, CEO, said the quiet part out loud: The company no longer thinks it needs to compete on price.
The wealthiest 1% own +50% of all stock market investments. 40% own no stock at all.
@AlexSJacquez in @Reuters: Trump's use of the stock market as his scoreboard "only seems to assert itself when corporate or financial interests are at stake."
Working families aren't even in
