Price gouging
Subject in Business
Price gouging has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Theo VonAmerican stand-up comedian and host of the podcast This Past Weekend
Von says consumers are stressed by feeling taken advantage of everywhere and just want things to be somewhat fair.
“I walk into a place now and I just feel like I'm getting fucked and I just want to go sit in my car”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 37:00
Lindsay OwensConsumer protection expert, head of the Groundwork Collaborative think tank, and author of "Gouged"
Owens says that during the 2021 inflation, companies told investors they would pass along rising costs and exploit inflation expectations to raise prices further.
“they were going to use the fact that we all expected prices to go up to pass along even more than their rising costs”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:03
Podcasts
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 1 episode
Episodes
#693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay OwensThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 55 min
Theo Von talks with consumer advocate Lindsay Owens about price gouging, dynamic and surveillance pricing, corporate data collection, AI shopping agents, and consumer protections.