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Stagnation and policy problems are in the 'too hard' basket

New data confirms the economy is in an extended period of stagnation that has left households, in some cases, poorer than they were six years ago.

Nine goes all in on Crown revelations, but will the house win?

Nine's burst of negative publicity for Crown will squeeze traditionally passive state-based gambling regulators and the federal authorities -- particularly Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton.

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ACCC avoids the hard challenge of neoliberalism — breaking up monopolies

As platforms like Google and Facebook grow bigger by buying up their competition, we need to decide what we should do about monopolies.

How Coca-Cola reached a new record high

Once thought to be slowing, Coca-Cola's massive profits for 2019 have dismissed doubts of the company's financial viability in the modern economy.

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Netflix deal is done, but who's picking up Foxtel's tab?

Foxtel's Netflix deal grabbed headlines yesterday, but of greater interest around the pay TV operator is the $900 million in loan repayments due this year.

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What would it take to see hospitality wage thieves held to account?

With rampant exploitation regularly exposed in the hospitality industry, Crikey looks into what's allowing wage theft and worker exploitation to continue.

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The illegal immigrants our government is all too happy to overlook

While the government has demonised maritime asylum seekers, it has ignored illegal immigrants who fulfil every smear directed at refugees — and who provide a huge pool of cheap labour for employers.

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No wonder millennials distrust capitalism: it keeps failing them

How are millennials supposed to keep believing in hard work and 'food dreams' when those with real power keep cooking the books?

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What happened to Foster's? How an Aussie icon went flat

In just nine years, the iconic brand has changed hands three times. Is Foster's all tapped out?

MasterChef judges Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris. (Image: Network Ten)

If commercial TV has any credibility at all, Calombaris must go 

George Calombaris' offences are a direct affront to the food industry that both he and MasterChef purport to support and glorify. Network Ten must make a stand.