{"podcast":{"title":"Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer","slug":"pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707","podcast_index_feed_id":653707,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PPY5667678674","website_url":"http://www.pitchforkeconomics.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c5ce4202-f4f7-11e8-8f50-a71b647a9c02/image/Pitchfork_Branding_Final_2023.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Civic Ventures","episode_count":445,"summary":"We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join zillionaire class-traitor Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers as they explore the latest thinking on how the economy actually works.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:20:54.030078+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707"},"episode":{"title":"Same Cart, Different Price: When the Invisible Hand Becomes an Algorithm (with Lindsay Owens)","slug":"same-cart-different-price-when-the-invisible-hand-becomes-an-algorithm-with-lindsay-owens","published_at":"2026-03-10T17:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707/same-cart-different-price-when-the-invisible-hand-becomes-an-algorithm-with-lindsay-owens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/28EG51/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCHEC7908266634.mp3","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/28EG51/traffic.megaphone.fm/PCHEC7908266634.mp3","summary":"The price you see online might not be the real price. A new investigation found that Instacart was quietly running pricing experiments—charging different customers different prices for the same groceries at the same time. This week, Paul and Goldy talk with Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens about how companies are using AI and massive data sets to run experiments on consumers—testing exactly how much each of us is willing to pay. And if every shopper sees a different price, one big question follows: Do markets still work the way economists say they do? Lindsay Owens is the Executive Director of the economic think tank Groundwork Collaborative and author of the forthcoming book, GOUGED: The End of a Fair Price in America. Further Reading: Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You. Gouged: The End of a Fair Price--and What That Means for Your Wallet Social Media: BlueSky: @lindsayowens.bsky.social Instagram: @lindsayowensphd TikTok: @lindsayowensphd Twitter: @owenslindsay1 BlueSky: @groundwork.bsky.social Twitter: @Groundwork Organizations developing policy on surveillence pricing: American Economic Liberties Project Economic Security Project Tech Equity Consumer Reports More Perfect Union Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: ⁠Pitchfork Economics⁠ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch","meta_description":"The price you see online might not be the real price. A new investigation found that Instacart was quietly running pricing experiments—charging different…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707/episodes/same-cart-different-price-when-the-invisible-hand-becomes-an-algorithm-with-lindsay-owens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pitchfork-economics-with-nick-hanauer-653707/same-cart-different-price-when-the-invisible-hand-becomes-an-algorithm-with-lindsay-owens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}