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Keeping an Eye on Surveillance Pricing and Wage Legislation - Roosevelt Institute Corporations are increasingly using detailed information about their customers and workers to target them with individualized higher prices and lower wages. (They may not be advertising it much, but boy, are they bragging about it to their shareholders.) These tactics, often referred to as algorithmic price discrimination or “surveillance pricing,” have in recent years been supercharged by advances in machine learning and AI.

Surveillance pricing uses your data—zip code, phone type, browsing behavior—to quietly raise prices and cut wages.

States are leading the way in regulating surveillance pricing, because people, not corporate interests, should set the terms of our economy. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/s...

Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade with a great play by play on the recent court case over Trump’s tariffs ⤵️

In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may seem like arcane, boring trade law in a federal court that few have heard of. To others, the lawsuits represent an opportunity to resist Trump and fight his overreach on tariff hikes that are already starting to pinch consumers’ wallets. But it’s important to step back and look at some less obvious stakes in these disputes: Namely, what kind of powers do or should presidents have in the future to deal with economic emergencies?

A new blog post by Director of Industrial Policy and Trade @toddntucker.com breaks down what’s really at stake from the tariff court hearing—and why the outcome could shape economic policymaking for years.

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STATEMENT: Roosevelt Institute on the End of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Roosevelt Institute "In dismantling yet another democratic institution, the administration seeks to keep Americans in the dark about the forces that shape their lives"

"The administration seeks to keep Americans in the dark about the forces that shape their lives, and ensures its pro-billionaire agenda will be shielded from any independent oversight or accountability." Director of Democratic Institutions @bilalb.bsky.social

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Surveillance Pricing Is Personalized Price Gouging - Roosevelt Institute Roosevelt Rundown: Corporations Are Using Your Personal Data to Charge You More Money, What We’re Talking About, and What We’re Reading

#ICYMI: The week’s top stories

✅ AI-driven “surveillance pricing” hurts workers. Lawmakers want limits. 🔎
✅ No tax on tips—industry wins, but what about workers?
✅ Progressive policy solutions from 14 student leaders 🎓

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The American Economy and Democracy After Dobbs - Roosevelt Institute On August 6, the Roosevelt Institute will bring together two leading experts to analyze how the legal complexities and economic constraints of the post-Dobbs landscape are reshaping our economy and de...

Cool event alert: next week, the @rooseveltinstitute.org will host a conversation on the legal complexities and economic constraints of the post-Dobbs landscape, featuring Kate Bahn and Rachel Rebouché.

In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may seem like arcane, boring trade law in a federal court that few have heard of. To others, the lawsuits represent an opportunity to resist Trump and fight his overreach on tariff hikes that are already starting to pinch consumers’ wallets. But it’s important to step back and look at some less obvious stakes in these disputes: Namely, what kind of powers do or should presidents have in the future to deal with economic emergencies?

A new blog post by Director of Industrial Policy and Trade @toddntucker.com breaks down what’s really at stake from the tariff court hearing—and why the outcome could shape economic policymaking for years.

Read more 📄 rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/c...

Let's Tell Congress That When it Comes to Child Development, They Need to Go Big or Go Home Economist, mom (and IMO total bada$$) Kathryn Anne Edwards outlines her plan for a universal Child Development System

The care crisis isn’t a personal failing—it’s a policy choice.

@nicoletaetsch.bsky.social spoke with @kedseconomist.com about her bold plan to build a universal child development system.

This is what it looks like to treat care as public infrastructure. nicoletaetsch.substack.com/p/lets-tell-...

No one reads the #jobsday data quite like @mikemadowitz.bsky.social 📈

A sharp eye worth following to keep up with all the latest macro indicators and trends! ⤵️

👀 Still true today…

Teenage summer hiring looks brutal (household survey based, so no revisions)

May-July gain of 4.4% is the weakest on record (vs 5.0% last 2024)

Think we stumbled onto a good signal of a bad jobs market here
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In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may...

NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies.

🧵and post on today's oral arguments on Trump's tariffs...
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In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may...

For a more in depth analysis read ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/constit...

In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may...

Trump’s trade war is reckless. But if courts overcorrect now, they risk tying the hands of future administrations.

@toddntucker.com on why we need tools to govern boldly—not just to survive Trump, but to build beyond him: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/constit...

Keeping an Eye on Surveillance Pricing and Wage Legislation - Roosevelt Institute Corporations are increasingly using detailed information about their customers and workers to target them with individualized higher prices and lower wages. (They may not be advertising it much, but boy, are they bragging about it to their shareholders.) These tactics, often referred to as algorithmic price discrimination or “surveillance pricing,” have in recent years been supercharged by advances in machine learning and AI.

Surveillance pricing uses your data—zip code, phone type, browsing behavior—to quietly raise prices and cut wages.

States are leading the way in regulating surveillance pricing, because people, not corporate interests, should set the terms of our economy. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/s...

Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade with a great play by play on the recent court case over Trump’s tariffs ⤵️

meanwhile, childcare is also still in crisis

it's terrifying how it just keeps getting worse and worse & also how private equity is salivating over it: see @ehaspel.bsky.social rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Keeping an Eye on Surveillance Pricing and Wage Legislation - Roosevelt Institute Corporations are increasingly using detailed information about their customers and workers to target them with individualized higher prices and lower wages. (They may not be advertising it much, but b...

Our new corporate power director, Brad Lipton (formerly of CFPB) has a piece out on this today as well

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The American Economy and Democracy After Dobbs - Roosevelt Institute On August 6, the Roosevelt Institute will bring together two leading experts to analyze how the legal complexities and economic constraints of the post-Dobbs landscape are reshaping our economy and de...

Next week, Fellow @rebouche.bsky.social & economist @lipstickecon.bsky.social will be joining us for a virtual discussion about how the constraints of the post-Dobbs landscape are shaping our economy and democracy. RSVP now! rooseveltinstitute.org/event/the-am...

“The whole point of these prosecutions are to publicly dissuade and chill people from mailing medication abortion across the country,” said Rebouché, the Temple law scholar.

The fight for abortion access now centers on pills, packages & telehealth and is moving into federal court.

But these lawsuits aren’t just legal challenges.

As @rebouche.bsky.social warns, they’re designed to intimidate providers and patients into silence. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Austerity isn’t cheap—it’s built on regressive taxes that hit workers hardest while letting the wealthy and corporations pay less. Real fairness means taxing wealth and capital, not labor. Clara Mattei on the impact austerity has at our recent webinar:

The GOP’s “megabill” isn’t just austerity—it’s a deliberate redistribution of power and resources away from working people, young Americans, and communities of color.

Listen in to learn how this bill will impact everyday Americans 🎧⬇️

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Two years after Dobbs, the fallout is reshaping more than reproductive health—it’s reshaping our economy and democracy.

On August 6, we're bringing together legal and economic experts to examine the new post-Dobbs reality.

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The problem is that families are trapped between an unstoppable force and an immovable object: the labor market and the K-12 public education system. Families need income to provide for themselves, but the vast, vast majority of jobs don’t align with K-12, which doesn’t start until age 5, ends by 3:00pm, and breaks for the summer. Families have to bridge this gap by stopping work, working less, or buying care. All three come with incredible costs, whether it’s money spent or money lost. Nothing invites judgement like being put in a hard position and making a different choice than somebody else. Nothing—except maybe parenting. The result is a toxic and distracting mix of societal debates about which parents are making the ‘right’ choice that has resulted in almost no change to any part of this situation.

Too many families are trapped by a workday and a school schedule that are incompatible.

@kedseconomist.com makes the case for a bold new solution: a Child Development System that fills the gap—year-round, for every child. www.kedits.com/cp/169052357

Nearly 20 million people are burdened with medical debt. One in 12 people owes a significant debt to a healthcare provider, with Americans overall owing at least $220 billion in medical debt. Medical debt is particularly pronounced in the South, the region with the largest Black population in the country, and where states have largely refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In fact, as reported by the Roosevelt Institute, “Black households with health insurance coverage are as likely to hold medical debt as non-Black households that do not have health insurance coverage.”

In the US, nearly 20M people are burdened with medical debt—not because they lack coverage, but because our system was built to prioritize profits over care.

Under the GOP tax bill with cuts to Medicaid, an addt'l 2.8M people could face new medical debt. nonprofitquarterly.org/addres...

Keeping an Eye on Surveillance Pricing and Wage Legislation - Roosevelt Institute Corporations are increasingly using detailed information about their customers and workers to target them with individualized higher prices and lower wages. (They may not be advertising it much, but b...

From delivery apps to airlines, corporations are quietly using AI to charge some people more—and pay workers less—based on personal data.

Brad Lipton breaks down the rise of “surveillance pricing” and what lawmakers are doing to fight back: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/surveil...

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NEW: The 2025 Roosevelt Network Undergraduate Emerging Fellows—a bright group of the next generation of leaders—offer 14 bold new papers that rewrite what's possible from climate to education to democracy. 💪

Read how they’re reshaping what’s possible ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

An infographic titled "A Vision for Universal Public Childcare" with six key points illustrated with icons. 1. Affordable (free or standard, nominal fee). 2. Universal (guaranteed access for all communities). 3. Federally administered and locally implemented. 4. A thriving, diverse workforce. 5. Inclusive and culturally integrated, with high-quality services. 6. Low-staff-to-child ratios, safe, and high-quality. Includes the Roosevelt Institute logo at the bottom with a link to more information.

The childcare system is collapsing under the weight of high costs, low wages, and corporate consolidation.

We propose a public, universal childcare system—built around care, not profit.

It’s about time for sustainable, high-quality AND inclusive care: ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...

Hot Data Summer: Wages and Jobs, Not Interest Rates, Are Numbers to Watch Next Week - Roosevelt Institute Next week is a busy week for economic data and news. All and all, wage growth is painting a strange picture of an economy in neutral and potentially burdened by policy uncertainty. When that may let up is anyone’s guess—which is a reason to watch ECI and jobs numbers this month much more closely than the Fed meeting.

The Fed meeting may grab headlines, but the real story is in this data that comes after:

📈 GDP
💰 Employment Cost Index
👷 Teen employment numbers

@mikemadowitz.bsky.social previews what to pay attention to in this Friday's #jobsreport ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/h...

Promotional image for Recanati-Kaplan Talks at Newmark Civic Life featuring Annti Opoku-Agyeman and Chelsea Clinton smiling, scheduled for September 17, 7:30 PM ET, available in person and online.

From wages to housing to childcare, the costs of being a woman add up fast.

Roosevelt Fellow @itsafronomics.bsky.social will join Dr. Chelsea Clinton on Sept. 17 for a discussion about her new book and ways to reverse this economic burden.

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