The Dark Side Of The McDonald's Monopoly Contest
October 30, 2025
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October 30, 2025
The Dark Side Of The McDonald's Monopoly Contest
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The Dark Side Of The McDonald's Monopoly Contest
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Today on the show, Matt and David sit down with Sam Levine and Stephanie Nguyen, formerly of the FTC under Lina Khan, to discuss the dark side of customer loyalty programs like frequent flyer miles, corporate discount cards, and ordering apps from chains like Starbucks and McDonalds. Their new paper, The Loyalty Trap: How Loyalty Programs Hook Us with Deals, Hack our Brains, and Hike Our Prices, exposes the lengths these programs go to to get you into their ecosystem in order to harvest your ...
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