{
  "id": 14297110,
  "title": "Why Australia is at times worse than third world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/why-australia-is-at-times-worse-than-third-world",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T21:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/why-australia-is-at-times-worse-than-third-world/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the modern Australian vocabulary, the term “third world” has generally been used with a negative connotation to describe part of the developing world, despite the term’s origin as meaning a nation not allied with the capitalist or communist blocs during the Cold War. Whether you take the term by its original definition or the The post Why Australia is at times worse than third world appeared…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}