Video and Transcript for The Dark Side Of The McDonald's Monopoly Contest

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Below you can find a YouTube post of the recording for Episode #53, The Dark Side Of The McDonald’s Monopoly Contest.

Sam Levine and Stephanie Nguyen, formerly of the FTC, join the show to breakdown their recent paper The Loyalty Trap: How Loyalty Programs Hook Us with Deals, Hack our Brains, and Hike Our Prices. You’ll learn the hook, the hack, the hike, the sordid history and future of the McDonald’s Monopoly Game, what notice and consent in privacy means to you, how corporate loyalty programs hurt small businesses, and so much more.

This is not as heavily edited as the podcast, it’s closer to the raw video of our taping session. We also have a rough transcript for you.

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