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Finance ✦ Penny’s Take

How They Get You

Chris Kohler Β· 2025
76/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Australian finance journalist Chris Kohler dissects insurance fine print, supermarket psychology, loyalty programs, and crypto traps with both rigor and genuine wit β€” a rare combination in consumer-finance writing. The humor earns its place here; it makes dense material actually fun to read while the underlying research stays sharp. Non-Australian readers will hit some geographic limits, but the consumer-protection logic applies everywhere.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety79
Substance / usefulness77
Craft & writing78
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy77
Hype vs delivers73
Age-fit81
πŸ‘ Human-eye gut-check78
Penny’s verdict76
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