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The Subscriptions That Won’t Die

“Convenience is a good reason to use subscriptions, but financially, they’re a real loser,” says Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, an economic-policy think tank, and the author of the forthcoming book Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — and What That Means for Your Wallet.

February 19, 2026 The Cut
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We Can’t Address Affordability Without Tackling Corporate Power

Data for Progress and Groundwork Collaborative research in 2022 found 63 percent of people believed large corporations were unfairly raising prices.

February 19, 2026 The New Republic
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Annoyances cost Americans $165 billion every year.

In a new report published by Groundwork Collaborative, economists took a stab at calculating just how much consumers pay in time, fees, and irritation to navigate the economy.

February 18, 2026 Marketplace
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CBO: Social Security Checks To Be Reduced In 2032

Alex Jacquez: “Basically the issue is that more people are getting older and retiring than people who are coming in and working, and so that is a lop-sided issue with the Social Security Trust Fund that we have seen coming for decades and policymakers have yet to address.”

February 18, 2026 ABC News
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There’s a Better Way to Stop Price Gouging

Robust anti-gouging laws would primarily help consumers. (The economic policy think tank Groundwork Collaborative recently estimated that corporate profits heavily based on aggressive pricing strategies drove more than half of inflation during the second and third quarters of 2023.)

February 17, 2026 The New York Times
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Why the biggest campaign buzzword ‘tapped into a broader political hunger’

In November, after the election victories by Democrats who ran on affordability, Groundwork published an “Affordability for All” agenda of 10 policy ideas. The affordability agendas keep coming — just this month, the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition in Congress launched them too.

February 16, 2026 The Washington Post
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Want a mortgage for under 3% in 2026? Meet the ‘assumable mortgage’

In a recent paper, the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank, argues that making more conventional mortgages assumable will help loosen the housing market gridlock.

February 15, 2026 NPR
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The K-shaped economy is reshaping Valentine’s Day spending

Those looking to pamper their paramours might have good reason to worry about a costly holiday. A new report from Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation, using January data from consumer data-tracking firm NIQ, showed the prices of common Valentine's Day items, including roses and chocolates, have surged from a year ago.

February 13, 2026 Business Insider
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Democrats Propose Ban On Surveillance Pricing In Grocery Stores

An analysis last year by the nonprofits Consumer Reports and More Perfect Union and the progressive policy group Groundwork Collaborative found that prices for Instacart shoppers varied by as much as 23% for the same product at the same exact time in different stores.

February 12, 2026 Huffpost
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Donald Trump hails unexpectedly strong jobs data, despite troubling backdrop

“President Trump promised a jobs boom, but today’s data shows the economy is shedding jobs outside a small number of sectors, and more Americans are struggling to find stable work,” said Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning campaign group in Washington.

February 12, 2026 Financial Times
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