The government has a variety of strategies to protect the public from price-gouging and information advantages over the consumer.
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Fighting Corporate Pricing Schemes Is Incredibly Good Politics
Today on TAP: A bill in the House attacking junk fees gets broad bipartisan support.
Posted inEconomic Policy
War in the Aisles
Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers and small-business owners alike. Big Data will only entrench those dynamics further.
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Time for the Fed to Meet the FTC
Today on TAP: The real source of too many price hikes is concentrated market power, not macroeconomic overheating.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Age of Recoupment
How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers
Posted inPolitics
The Three Barriers to Biden’s Re-Election
Price increases, a broader economic frustration built over decades, and an inability to articulate what’s being done about any of it
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Half of Democrats (Never Mind Republicans) Think We’re in a Recession
Today on TAP: If we’re that deep into a vibe-cession come the fall, it will be very difficult for Biden to win.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Chinese Tariffs and CFPB Success
On our weekly live show, David Dayen and Bob Kuttner discuss new efforts to boost the domestic electric-vehicle industry.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Auto Insurance Rates Are Out of Control
The factors are partly structural, but also have to do with a corporate drive for profits and use of technology to precision-target customers.
