How Corporations Are Taking Advantage of Inflation

How Corporations Are Taking Advantage of Inflation

Consumers are paying higher prices almost everywhere as inflation continues to rise. But corporate earnings calls have revealed that many companies are using inflation as a cover to jack up prices and increase profits — all on the backs of customers.


Guest: Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative.


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Congress Called. They Want Our Data Back.

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On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the outrage at the largest television station owner in the country—Sinclair Broadcasting—after the media conglomerate forced its lo...

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On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dissect the latest fallout from the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal, wherein the profile data of over 50 million Facebook users was ob...

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14 Mar 201839min

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28 Feb 201843min

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