A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.
"A fair price is a posted price. A fair price is a predictable price, and a fair price is a price that is set based on the product and not you, the consumer."
Our @owenslindsay1 on @Marketplace on how new tech lets corporations charge you as much as they think you’ll pay.
Gouged is an absolute must read about how corporations are taking advantage of all us with tricks like surveillance pricing, dynamic pricing, and the like. Congrats to @owenslindsay1 on the publication of this monumental, important and must-read book.
NYC's new “Click to Cancel” rule takes effect this week. Companies will be required to make cancelling as easy as signing up.
Just this one rule could save NYC consumers up to $162 million & at least 600,000 hours per year. New op-ed from @owenslindsay1 in @NYDailyNews.
Walmart can send out as many letters walking back their use of surveillance pricing as they want. But it's not enough, @owenslindsay1 told @Inc.
If Walmart doesn’t intend to use the technology, it should stop collecting that data & withdraw its pending patent applications.
“A cost of living crisis is the right time to build the constituency for a revived consumer movement in this country.”
Congratulations to @owenslindsay1 on her new book and the launch of a shoppers’ bill of rights. | @Groundwork
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Just days before @owenslindsay1's new book Gouged hit bookshelves everywhere, Walmart started to walk back their personalized pricing policies.
Good, but that's not nearly enough, Lindsay warns in the @WSJ.
Technology is making it easier for corporations to quietly rip us off – while consumers are left in the dark about how prices are set.
That’s why @owenslindsay1 wrote Gouged: to expose the new tricks companies use to squeeze us – and give shoppers the tools to fight back.
The era of the “price tag,” where prices were clearly advertised and the same for everyone, is rapidly disappearing.
"Gouged is an important piece of the puzzle that helps explain why economic stability seems so elusive," says @Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/09/29/price-gouging-another-side-of-the-affordability-crisis/
"Do you pay for goods & services with money? You’re probably getting screwed."
That's @Gizmodo recommending you get @owenslindsay1's new book, Gouged, to protect yourself from corporations ripping you off.
"Gouged is one of those books I couldn’t put down." We agree!
A wonderful review on @owenslindsay1's new book Gouged from @halsinger in @TheProspect:
"Owens has put everything she’s learned over the past several years together in a book detailing how pricing is distorted, manipulated, & seized upon by profit-hungry corporations."
Gouged shows how market power works in practice: how corporations set prices & the strategies they use to do it. It's a great read for anyone trying to understand what's driving costs for families. When I taught economics at South Carolina & American, some students struggled to
Check out an excerpt from @owenslindsay1's new book Gouged featured in @FortuneMagazine!
Giant corporations are reinventing the ripoff while ending what we know as the price tag. It's not too late to fight back.
Together, we can restore a fair price in America.
I genuinely cannot wait to rage read this book
Tired of being overcharged and ripped off? Is your head spinning from all of the sneaky ways corporations can gouge you?
@owenslindsay1 shared with @NPR 4 ways to protect yourself as a shopper. But this isn't an individual problem. We need basic protections.
