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Firefighters work the scene as an apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 8, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

After the LA fires, skyrocketing rents

Jackie Lam
Family members embrace while viewing their burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 9, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Real estate is also a service business

Zain Jaffer
Kamala Harris | Close up hands of woman checking prices of groceries on her receipt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris plans to fight price gouging

Joy Saha
Olives and olive oil bottles (Getty Images/apomares)

Why is olive oil so expensive right now?

Lauren Ball, Emily Burch - The Conversation
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Supermarket aisle, woman legs and basket for shopping in grocery store (Getty Images/Adene Sanchez)

Strategic branding at supermarkets

Melisa Mete - The Conversation
A view of a Wendy's restaurant on May 12, 2021 in Pinole, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Just how prevalent is surge pricing?

Omar H. Fares - The Conversation
Guy Fieri poses with fans onstage during the Players Tailgate by Bullseye Event Group on February 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Bullseye Event Group)

Fieri goes on Fox to talk inflation

Michael La Corte

Legislators aim to combat egg prices

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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Jared Golden, Kathleen Rice and Stephanie Murphy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP vote against stop to price gouging

Jon Skolnik
Jeff Bezos and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Behind the Joe Biden v, Jeff Bezos beef

Jon Skolnik
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a campaign rally in the gymnasium at Wakefield High School February 13, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. After placing fourth in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Warren is looking to regain traction heading into Nevada, South Carolina and the Super Tuesday contests. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Warren targets price gouging

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

McConnell made millions from price hikes

Jon Skolnik
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The U.S. and Texas flags fly in front of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Price gouging leaves Texans outraged

Jon Skolnik
Maria Arvarado, of Haverhill, Mass. finds empty produce bins as she shops Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Market Basket supermarket in Haverhill, Mass. A decades-long family feud, which brought about the ouster of Arthur T. Demoulas as CEO of the privately held company, led to a worker revolt, customer boycotts and empty shelves in the grocery chain's stores in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. More than 100 Massachusetts legislators and mayors, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan have publicly supported the employees. (AP Photo) (AP)

Amid pandemic, FTC turns blind eye

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
The drug lobby is stepping up efforts to out-play Trump (AP)

Why are drug prices rising so much?

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
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Drug makers open year with price gouging

Igor Derysh
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(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Price hiking a life-saving drug

Matthew Rozsa
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