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ICYMI: Shakedown at the Snack Counter – Groundwork Makes The Case for Street Pricing

A recent Groundwork Collaborative analysis dives into the issue of price gouging at stadiums and proposes new so-called “street pricing” policies to curb these practices.

November 17, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Corporate Executives Say Trump’s Economy Has Left U.S. Consumers “Under Pressure” and “Stressed”

Corporate executives are quietly acknowledging what millions of Americans already feel: Trump’s economy is squeezing lower- and middle-income families while corporations enjoy record profits and the wealthy continue to prosper.

November 17, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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The Art of the Hidden Fee: Groundwork Collaborative Unpacks How Corporations Rig Prices to Squeeze Consumers

Groundwork Collaborative released a new resource describing how corporations use a growing arsenal of deceptive pricing tactics to squeeze American families and drive up record profits.

November 14, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Trump’s Housing Gimmick Doesn’t Hold Up Under Inspection

President Trump has finally figured out that the crushing cost of living crisis is sinking his Administration.

November 14, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Trump promises of direct checks test his economic message

“The economic situation we face today is not one in which you’d expect the policy response to be direct payments,” said Alex Jacquez. Jacquez defended rounds of stimulus checks by the Biden administration as “fairly standard” for a recession like the one caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

November 14, 2025 MSNBC
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Why High Food Prices Will Make Public Groceries Inevitable

The European Central Bank, the IMF, the OECD and the European Commission, as well as the Economic Policy Institute and Groundwork Collaborative all published studies on how profits were driving inflation.

November 14, 2025 Forbes
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New Poll Shows Americans Worried About Job Market, Affordability

Liz Pancotti at the Groundwork Collaborative, says that she would not trust that the American people are getting a tariff dividend from the Trump administration as more Americans voice concern about the job market and their ability to afford everyday life.

November 12, 2025 Bloomberg
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Trump Tries to Seize ‘Affordability’ Message

Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, an economic policy group, said the affordability issue had clearly become 'existential' for Mr. Trump.

November 10, 2025 The New York Times
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Trump floats the idea of a 50-year mortgage

Alex Jacquez: “And of course because you’re paying over 50 years and not over 30 years, you’re going to be paying off that mortgage for a lot longer. … It looks to be like the president is looking for a quick fix to a market that is fundamentally broken right now.”

November 9, 2025 ABC News
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ICYMI: Groundwork’s Owens Joins MSNBC ‘Way Too Early With Ali Vitali,’ Says Trump is Sowing Chaos to Distract from Sky High Health Care Costs

Today, Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens appeared on MSNBC’s Way Too Early with Ali Vitali to discuss how the government shutdown fight to lower health care costs underscores Americans’ demand for action on the affordability crisis.

November 7, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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