Not only are we paying more for things these days, new algorithmic tools are quickly changing how companies set prices. The result: Consumers are squeezed, and corporations are doing better than ever. GOUGED: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet, is the new book by Lindsay Owens, the executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a Washington think tank and corporate watchdog devoted to people-first economic policy. Previously, Owens was a senior economic policy adviser to Elizabeth Warren and deputy chief of staff and legislative director to now Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.