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Lindsay Owens calls for 'Shoppers' Bill of Rights' to fight corporate price gouging

Owens proposes 'Shoppers' Bill of Rights' with regulatory fixes

The book concludes with policy recommendations including bans on companies using shared software to coordinate prices, requirements that AI shopping assistants act in consumers' best interest rather than steer them to higher-priced items, and other government interventions.

Owens proposes 'Shoppers' Bill of Rights' with regulatory fixes
theguardian.com

“A cost of living crisis is the right time to build the constituency for a revived consumer movement in this country.”

Lindsay Owens

Lindsay Owens Economic sociologist; head of Groundwork Collaborative

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