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But Walmart can’t afford to sit idly by with such a pointed critique by Groundwork Collaborative’s executive director Lindsay Owens circulating with over 200k views, according to the organization.
Groundwork Collaborative welcomed two key leaders to its team signaling a continued expansion of Groundwork’s innovative and proven approach to economic policy and communications.
"This ain't your momma's home economics, right? Everything we learned about shopping as a kiddo or everything that you've understood about shopping for decades has shifted under your feet," said Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative and the author of an upcoming book on price gouging.
Liz Pancotti, managing director at Groundwork Collaborative, is worried about agriculture. “About 25% of farmers had not yet purchased their fertilizer for this growing season. So that is one that is quite concerning to me,” she said.
“FIFA has embraced a familiar opportunity: permission to price-gouge,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director at Washington D.C.-based think tank Groundwork Collaborative. Ticket prices for soccer’s premier tournament have in some cases topped $80,000.
Last week, Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens closed out SXSW 2026 with a headline panel unpacking deceptive AI-powered pricing schemes and offering practical ways consumers can beat the bots.
Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive policy group, said that the impact of oil and gas shortages on the supply chain can be categorized as first-order effects or second-order effects.
The energy shock is going to hit those who have the least cushion ... and it doesn’t look like those tax refunds are going to be here to save them,” Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning economic policy think tank, said during a press call Friday.
“My favorite solution would be, let’s have some federal investment into healthcare that would make it more affordable,” said Janelle Jones, senior fellow at the progressive Groundwork Collaborative. “But I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
In fact, a new report from the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank, finds the "annoyance economy" costs American families around $165 billion in lost time annually.