Prices!!! Uber, DoorDash and the Gig Economy Are Increasing Prices. Can Millennials Afford to Lose Their Subsidy? Will AriZona Iced Tea Win the War Against Inflation? Venice Is Charging Admission!

<p>The Best Paragraph I've Read:</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>For the past decade, people like me—youngish, urbanish, professionalish—got a sweetheart deal from Uber, the Uber-for-X clones, and that whole mosaic of urban amenities in travel, delivery, food, and retail that vaguely pretended to be tech companies. Almost each time you or I <u>ordered a pizza or hailed a taxi</u>, the company behind that app lost money. In effect, these start-ups, backed by venture capital, were paying us, the consumers, to buy their products.</p> <p>It was as if Silicon Valley had made a secret pact to subsidize the lifestyles of urban Millennials. <u>As I pointed out three years ago</u>, if you woke up on a Casper mattress, worked out with a Peloton, Ubered to a WeWork, ordered on DoorDash for lunch, took a Lyft home, and ordered dinner through Postmates only to realize your partner had already started on a Blue Apron meal, your household had, in one day, interacted with eight unprofitable companies that collectively lost about $15 billion in one year.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>This paragraph comes from The Atlantic. &nbsp;The article is titled: "The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy." &nbsp;The article is written by Derek Thompson. &nbsp;You can read the full article here:</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Zac and Don discuss the issue of prices and how they are impacting people this summer. &nbsp;They discuss the price increases in the gig economy. &nbsp;They also discuss Arizona Ice Tea fighting to keep their product at ninety-nine cents. &nbsp;They also talk about Venice Italy using prices to try and reduce the number of people visiting the city. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>You can read the other two articles here:</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>LA Ti