More than a million New Zealanders live paycheck to paycheck. Feeling terror trying to buy something two days before pay day. New technology could be the solution. Nikki Mandow investigates.

Peter Griffin looks past the rollercoaster ride that is cryptocurrency to find out its true potential.

In the '80s, "Think Big” became an insult; government spend-ups became a political no-no. Until now. In the light of Jacinda Ardern’s $12 billion infrastructure announcement, Nikki Mandow and Bernard Hickey look at why it has taken 40 years to get over the trauma.

There's been a huge upswing in subscription businesses across the world and in New Zealand. Peter Griffen looks at what that means for consumers and the economy.

One man’s decades-long fight to deal with New Zealand’s farm effluent problems by bringing dung beetles to New Zealand.

In the spirit of giving, the Two Cents' team is answering your economic questions on Kiwisaver, property prices and mortgage rates.

It's banking, yes, but not as we know it.  A new movement is seeing the rejuvenation of an ancient economic model. Claire Crofton looks into the growing trend of time-banking.

Debt – it’s deep in the heart of our society and our economy.  But we have an odd relationship with it. Bernard Hickey asks why we both fear debt and love it so much.

The work of Pacific people has been noted in a Treasury report, but does it go far enough? And what is the impact of this on our wider economy?

The New Zealand stock exchange (NZX) turns 150 this year. But the number of companies listed on it has been falling in recent times, begging the question - is still as relevant as it once was?

The disastrous impact of banks selling risky financial derivatives to farmers is still being felt in rural communities more than a decade later. How did it happen and how can we stop banks doing it again?

New Zealand saw the UK’s ‘Brentry’ into the EEC in 1973 as an existential threat to our nation’s future. It preoccupied New Zealanders for a decade and eventually all hinged on 48 hours of intense trade negotiations.

House prices are on the rise again - but is that a good thing? The Two Cents' Worth team looks at the Goldilocks sweet spot for our housing market - do we want prices to go up, fall down or stay as they are?

Gyles Beckford looks at why inflation has gone walkabouts, why central banks are still so obsessed about taming it and - hold your hats - is it time to give away inflation targeting?

Donald Trump’s tariff war is hitting the world economy hard, and there's no sign of a truce. Nikki Mandow looks at how tariffs have played a major part in some serious, and often traumatic historical events.

Could an online bra fitting service be the final death knell for bricks and mortar stores? Claire Crofton finds out.

New Zealand has fallen behind Australia and Britain in using contactless payments and retailers are revolting.  The Government may have to regulate fees directly.

We're going back to where it all began... and finding out how far we've come. Spoiler alert: Not far.

Come on a hilarious romp with some of New Zealand's best theatrical talents as Justin Gregory looks at the economics of taking a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Our most feared pest could be starting its journey to New Zealand.

Win or lose, the Rugby World Cup is being seen as a great opportunity to boost our economy.

We put Kate Raworth and Arthur Grimes in the ring together to debate the value of growth.

If the government gave everyone an extra $1000 to spend would we all be better off? Bernard Hickey looks into the theory of helicopter money.

Nikki Mandow tells us why social procurement is way more exciting than it sounds - and how it might change the world.

The Two Cents' Worth team is joined by the Honourable Kris Fa'afoi to discuss banks, interest rate caps and 5G.