Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In our January video essay, Chelsea dives into the ever-darkening world of dynamic pricing, how it's making it impossible to know what things cost anymore, and the influence of AI over our spending.
Special thanks to Ema Roloff:
roloffconsulting.com
youtube.com/@emaroloff7690
tiktok.com/@transformationprincess
instagram.com/transformationprincess
SOURCE LINKS:
cnn.com/2024/11/14/economy/trump-grocery-prices-inflation
cnbc.com/2025/10/03/electronic-shelf-labels-are-taking-over-us-grocery-stores.html
sofi.com/learn/content/fiat-currency
youtube.com/watch?v=FcWgvRXbet8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_tag
rlo.acton.org/archives/105901-signals-for-service-lessons-from-the-invention-of-the-price-tag.html
thepointsguy.com/credit-cards/history-of-credit-cards
historyfacts.com/science-industry/fact/before-price-tags-no-fixed-prices
cnbc.com/select/airline-ticket-prices-are-up-25-percent-why-and-how-to-save
theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/22/trump-aid-package-us-farmers
finance.yahoo.com/news/higher-prices-extra-jobs-lessons-from-trumps-washing-machine-tariffs-185047360.html
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/effect-tariffs-poverty
ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/07/behind-ftcs-inquiry-surveillance-pricing-practices
consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490
thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/what-is-meadow-lane-grocery-new-york-b0l7n6d2b
wegmans.com/shop/search?query=eggs
00:02:30 Ad break
00:13:53 A brief history of price gouging
00:25:10 The death of the price tag
00:33:10 Tarrifs, greed, & those damn phones
00:38:12 It is kind of the damn phones
00:46:43 The death of real value
In our January video essay, Chelsea dives into the ever-darkening world of dynamic pricing, how it's making it impossible to know what things cost anymore, and the influence of AI over our spending.
Special thanks to Ema Roloff:
roloffconsulting.com
youtube.com/@emaroloff7690
tiktok.com/@transformationprincess
instagram.com/transformationprincess
SOURCE LINKS:
cnn.com/2024/11/14/economy/trump-grocery-prices-inflation
cnbc.com/2025/10/03/electronic-shelf-labels-are-taking-over-us-grocery-stores.html
sofi.com/learn/content/fiat-currency
youtube.com/watch?v=FcWgvRXbet8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_tag
rlo.acton.org/archives/105901-signals-for-service-lessons-from-the-invention-of-the-price-tag.html
thepointsguy.com/credit-cards/history-of-credit-cards
historyfacts.com/science-industry/fact/before-price-tags-no-fixed-prices
cnbc.com/select/airline-ticket-prices-are-up-25-percent-why-and-how-to-save
theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/22/trump-aid-package-us-farmers
finance.yahoo.com/news/higher-prices-extra-jobs-lessons-from-trumps-washing-machine-tariffs-185047360.html
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/effect-tariffs-poverty
ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/07/behind-ftcs-inquiry-surveillance-pricing-practices
consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490
thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/what-is-meadow-lane-grocery-new-york-b0l7n6d2b
wegmans.com/shop/search?query=eggs
00:02:30 Ad break
00:13:53 A brief history of price gouging
00:25:10 The death of the price tag
00:33:10 Tarrifs, greed, & those damn phones
00:38:12 It is kind of the damn phones
00:46:43 The death of real value
