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At #CrookedCon on Saturday @katz_morris joked that he wants to see a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” caucus in Congress focused on to tackling the little annoying things (like car companies now charging drivers monthly subscriptions to turn on heated seats, etc)
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Voters are tired of the cost of living. Lindsay Owens of @Groundwork thinks one fix starts with how prices get set. I talked with her for New York Times’ @DealBook about dynamic pricing & her fight with Walmart. Scroll down for the Q&A: nytimes.com/2026/11/07/busin…
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Come work with me! Jobs in policy, gov affairs, and comms open! Don't see the right fit but have a great project, idea, or role? Shoot your shot and pitch it to us on the open application. Link below 👇
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Last night made it pretty clear: people are sick and tired of corporate America scheming its way to record profits while the rest of us get stuck with the bill.
Haul in corporate CEOs. Put them under oath. Make them answer for the rip-offs.
Time for some accountability.
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Ahead of tomorrow's midterms, I joined WUSA9 to talk about the economy and what voters are telling us about how they're feeling.
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Clear explanation of how inequality feeds inflation: firms choose price over volume
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"Gouged" named a bestseller in Oklahoma by @TulsaPeople!
Thanks to everyone who's reading! And a big thanks to @AspenIdeas for having me in Tulsa earlier this month to talk about the book.
Get your copy: bit.ly/GougedPRH
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.@Groundwork is warning that @DoorDash's $17 billion acquisition of @Instacart could give it unprecedented power to hike prices.
Instacart has already tested charging shoppers up to 23% more for identical groceries.
Together, they'd control 77% of U.S. delivery-platform spending.
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A @Groundwork Collaborative report details how soaring funeral costs, probate fees, and inadequate life insurance can push American families into debt after a death. commondreams.org/news/averag…
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🚨 NEW from @Groundwork: Private equity is rolling up funeral homes, and families are paying the price on the worst days of their lives.
@zoezoe_butler lays out how the business of dying is burying us:
NEW: The average funeral now costs more than $7,700.
One survey found that the share of Americans taking on funeral debt rose from 14% in 2024 to 37% in 2025.
I wrote about what's driving these costs and how to protect families for @Groundwork groundworkcollaborative.org/…
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NEW: The average funeral now costs more than $7,700.
One survey found that the share of Americans taking on funeral debt rose from 14% in 2024 to 37% in 2025.
I wrote about what's driving these costs and how to protect families for @Groundwork groundworkcollaborative.org/…
Groundwork Collaborative retweeted
Tech is fueling price gouging.
Prices are on the rise, and according to the author of "Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet", @owenslindsay1, CEO of the Groundwork Collaborative, that's not just due to inflation and other market pressures.
Lindsay sat down with Beter Life Lab's Haley Swenson to discuss how new technologies are allowing price gouging on an unprecedented scale. So how do we fight to keep essential services and goods affordable? Owens has a few ideas.
Read the full article at the Better Life Lab via this link: newamerica.org/insights/tech….
And watch part of the interview on YouTube:
youtu.be/YHkiFupaPAQ?si=gQmk… via @YouTube
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Rohit Chopra knows the makings of an economic crisis when he sees one. And Chopra — a top consumer protection watchdog under Biden who was ousted by Trump — thinks the current administration is ill-prepared to handle the fallout of a possible AI bubble.
politico.com/news/2026/10/29…
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oh good, so customers will get to choose between Instacart-DoorDash’s surveillance pricing or Walmart’s surveillance pricing. what robust competition!
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A grocery company that experiments on shoppers to see how much it can overcharge them is merging with a delivery company that tracks their every click and scroll to do the same.
Two of America's biggest ripoff machines should not become one.
The FTC must block this merger.
BREAKING: DoorDash just agreed to buy Instacart for $17 billion. Here's what that means for customers and shoppers. apnews.com/article/doordash-…
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Companies like Walmart and Doordash insist they're pricing products, not people. But we've got receipts that tell a different story.
Now the FTC wants answers.
If these companies have nothing to hide, it's time to open their pricing black boxes. groundworkcollaborative.org/…
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DoorDash execs spending a lot of energy this morning talking about how great their merger with Instacart will be for businesses.
The losers? Customers who will be subjected to the merger of two of the most sophisticated AI-powered pricing labs when they’re just trying to put dinner on the table for the families.
Tony and I have explored bringing Instacart and DoorDash together on and off over the years. We kept coming back to it because the industrial logic has always been clear.
Customers have 21 meals a week to figure out. Groceries and restaurant delivery each solve part of that problem. Serving customers well means bringing together the best of both.
As the biggest companies in the world move deeper into this market, retailers and restaurants need the technology and service to compete. They shouldn’t have to become technology companies themselves to stand a chance. Bringing Instacart and DoorDash together can give them a stronger partner in that fight.
For shoppers and Dashers, the opportunity is equally straightforward: less time waiting between orders, more time earning.
I’m incredibly proud of what we built at Instacart and grateful to everyone who helped make it possible. Tony is an extraordinary entrepreneur and leader. I’m excited for Instacart to be part of a founder-led company again, and I can’t wait to see what these two teams build together.
@t_xu @DoorDash @Instacart
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Similar story: business investment in information processing equipment and software hit 5.3% of GDP in Q3 2026, a record and above the dot-com peak of 4.5%
Wow.
Business investment surged almost 13% in Q3 2026 due to the AI investment boom.
We haven't seen anything that strong since Q3 2011 when the economy was finally starting to pickup a bit of momentum after the Great Recession.
This will not be sustainable at this pace.
[Note: I'm looking at "non-residential fixed investment" and I'm excluding the 2020 pandemic re-opening]
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DoorDash is now officially set to acquire Instacart for $17 billion in a mega-merger.
Flashback to when we exposed Instacart for using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
The company reportedly ended the practice after this investigation came out.
People with concerns about the monopolization of the industry are now calling on the FTC to block the merger.