Are you being ripped off…without even realising it?

We brought in Channel 9’s finance editor Chris Kohler to unpack the scams, tricks and corporate tactics hidden across Australia’s economy from your mortgage to your supermarket shop to your Friday arvo punt. Chris’ new book How They Get You lifts the lid on the big (and small) ways companies quietly extract more from your wallet… and what you can do to push back.

Also in this episode:

The marketing tactics Chris says are “quite simply f***ed” (hello, car loans)
Why Australia’s worst consumer outcomes come from a lack of competition
How gambling, auctions, and “loyalty” programs pull psychological levers to keep you spending
The housing policy trap politicians won’t touch — and the bold fix Chris would push through if he was PM for a day

Check out Chris' new book at all good booksellers.

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