A grassroots effort wants people to protest high prices by buying absolutely nothing on Friday. But will companies listen?  After Americans have been stretching their wallets to keep up with rising prices for the past few years,

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires,

A grassroots organization is encouraging consumers to participate in an “ economic blackout ” on Friday as an act of “economic resistance” against corporate greed – a movement Boston.com readers, and some local businesses, say they are participating in.