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Why FIFA’s 2026 World Cup is such a rip-off.

Lindsay Owens is an economist who works for consumer rights group Groundwork Collaborative. Her first book, Gouged, is out later this year. “The price of watching live sport — and live music — has exploded over the last decade for three main reasons: monopoly, dynamic pricing and scarcity,” she said.

June 4, 2026 New York Times

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Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices.

Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices. These experiences are not just frustrating. US households are losing $165bn a year on the “annoyance economy” or “what we pay in time, fees and irritation to navigate our daily lives”, the Groundwork Collaborative, a thinktank that focuses on concentrations of private power, estimated in February.

June 4, 2026 The Guardian

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Young Americans grapple with affordability crisis, tough job market.

Young Americans are grappling with the affordability crisis and a tough job market. MS NOW Reporter Maya Eaglin spoke with some voters about their concerns. Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens and former Campaign Manager for Julián Castro's presidential campaign Maya Rupert join Erielle Reshef to share their thoughts.

June 4, 2026 MS Now

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President: Trump and Cronies Get Rich While Working Families Struggle to Stay Afloat

New analysis from Groundwork Collaborative and American Economic Liberties Project outlines how Trump and his cronies have used the White House to make a buck, driving up costs for consumers.

June 3, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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Escaping the Surveillance Pricing Trap.

According to economic sociologist Lindsay Owens, the practice is rampant. She says companies have been investing for years in sophisticated tools meant to squeeze every last dollar out of consumers — and for the most part, it’s legal. Lindsay joins Morgan to talk about how we got here, the U.S. laws designed to fight back against surveillance pricing and what you can personally do to sidestep the practice.

June 3, 2026 KQED

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Republicans Are Investigating Anti-Data-Center Nonprofits Over Their China Ties.

“Americans are riproaring mad about data centers because of what they are doing to their communities, families and utility bills,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank. “Attributing what is quickly becoming a mass movement to nonprofits is a conspiracy theory and nothing else.”

June 3, 2026 NOTUS

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Lawmakers Crack Down On ‘Surveillance Pricing’ As Grocery Costs Continue To Rise.

“Price stability is important for consumers,” said Groundwork Collaborative executive director Lindsay Owens. “It’s impossible to comparison shop if prices are shifting.”

June 2, 2026 Forbes

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Mamdani’s housing plan looks a lot like other YIMBY darlings, like Austin and Minneapolis.

Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at the nonprofit Groundwork Collaborative, told Business Insider that Mamdani's plan "centers around one goal: growth," and the success of these housing projects depends on buy-in from the public and private sectors. Cutting outdated regulations is a good start, he said.

May 31, 2026 Business Insider

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‘It’s never enough’: young Americans struggle to build financial independence as cost of living spikes.

“We know that people who start their careers during these sort of economic downturn periods, or difficult economic periods, in some cases never catch up to their peers who graduated a few years earlier, before things went bad, or a few years later, when things start to turn around,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the non-profit Groundwork Collaborative.

May 31, 2026 The Guardian

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This Is How Democrats Should Talk About AI.

Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning economic policy group, says it’s essential that progressives and liberals accept that AI will be a huge force in the world and design strategies for how to deal with it.

May 29, 2026 The New Republic