The government has a variety of strategies to protect the public from price-gouging and information advantages over the consumer.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Lina Khan: Extraction Exterminator
The Federal Trade Commission chair plays a key role in preventing exploitative pricing schemes from taking root.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fantasyland General
Hospital pricing is impenetrable to consumers and regulators alike. The result: increased costs and profits, and wasteful reliance on armies of middlemen.
Posted inTAP
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.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The One-Click Economy
Digital subscriptions are here to stay. What should we do about that?
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Everybody’s Raising Prices
This week on our live show, David Dayen and Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative talk pricing.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Urge to Surge
Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Loaded Up With Junk
Extra profits are the only explanation for many fees businesses charge.