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Same Cart, Different Price: When the Invisible Hand Becomes an Algorithm (with Lindsay Owens)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer by Civic Ventures

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...

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Same Cart, Different Price: When the Invisible Hand Becomes an Algorithm (with Lindsay Owens) is an episode from Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer by Civic Ventures. The price you see online might not be the real price. A new investigat...

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Published Mar 10, 2026, 39:11 long, audio available.