Our @owenslindsay1 sat down with @MollyJongFast on @FastPoliticsPod to explain why the Instacart pricing investigation caught fire:
“They felt like it was really deceptive, ‘no one told me that if I signed on to purchase my groceries on Instacart, that I would be a lab rat &
The auto market is becoming a snapshot of our K-shaped economy: households earning over $150,000 now account for 43% of new car purchases, while buyers under $75,000 are increasingly shut out.
When the average new car tops $50,000, it’s a sign Trump’s economy is rigged.
🚨BREAKING: For the FIRST TIME since 2008, the U.S. is LOSING BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
Amazon has been accused of price gouging during the pandemic, & the evidence is pretty damning.
Amazon hiked prices by:
💊233% on Aleve pain relief tablets
🧻 1,044% on Quilted Northern toilet paper
💪 1,523% on Arm & Hammer baking soda
😷 1,800% on some face masks
In his first few days, @NYCMayor's 2 new executive orders strike at the heart of today’s rigged economy: junk fees & hidden charges.
“It is hard enough to live in NYC without having to worry all the time about whether you’re being ripped off,” he said. We’d say that’s true for
In just the past 5 years, the median income a family needs to afford a home has ballooned by nearly 50% - now up to $117,000!
Our new brief lays out how the federal government can take targeted, concrete actions to reverse the affordability crisis.
Thanks to dynamic pricing & other profit-seeking schemes, “increasingly, many sports, live events, games, matches, are out of reach for many Americans.”
Going to live events has become a rich man’s game: “It is certainly the case that wealthier Americans are doing more in-person
Happy New Year! Some choice quotes:
- "Morale is very low across manufacturing in general."
- "The general mood of the industry is that the first half of 2026 will be another bust"
- "It has not been a great year"
- "Trough conditions continue"
- "Things are not improving"
Unfortunately, Instacart’s predatory pricing is just one small piece of a much larger–and rapidly growing–economy of extraction, writes @owenslindsay1 of @Groundwork
Big news! @millennial_debt and I wrote about how prop bets are harming sports and fans alike:
There is a lot to celebrate today with Instacart’s announcement but this victory belongs to consumers. Anyone who raised their voice, took to TikTok, or voted with their wallets. This country has a long tradition of consumer boycott and backlash bringing big companies to their
As 2025 comes to a close, Americans are taking stock of an economy that looks nothing like what Trump promised.
We wrapped up Trump’s performance this year and the numbers are pretty rough (unless you’re a billionaire).
This is huge.
Following @Groundwork’s blockbuster report with @ConsumerReports and @MorePerfectUS, Instacart has **ended** all item pricing experiments on its platform.
Big win for consumers.
This morning, Instacart announced it will end its use of AI-powered pricing experiments on consumers following our blockbuster report with @MorePerfectUS & @ConsumerReports.
“Once we pulled back the curtain on Instacart’s hidden pricing experiments, the company had no choice but
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.