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The New Zealand town of Kaikoura is one of many that relies on tourism – an extra holiday could provide a boost from domestic visitors (Credit: Getty Images)

The cost of a new public holiday

By Larry Madowo

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Is it ever OK to hike prices?

By Christine Ro

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The cash that can only be used locally

By Norman Miller

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The irrationality of panic buying

By Bryan Lufkin

Monetary value means less than you may think, as gift receivers tend to care about the intention and thought more so than the actual item (Credit: Getty Images)

How to give better gifts this year

By Tiffanie Wen

There are both biological and psychological factors that account for our tendencies to spend big on others (Credit: Getty Images)

The science of splurging

By Tiffanie Wen

Galen Zink relocated from Silicon Valley to a tiny remote island in Southern Alaska in a bid to live somewhere with really clean air and water (Credit: @OptimizingMe)

Why are people drinking 'raw water'?

By Tim Smedley

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How the ‘Ikea effect’ gets you spending

By Gary Mortimer, Frank Mathmann and Louise Grimmer

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The coffee snobs banning milk and sugar

By Alina Dizik

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How visibility bias makes us save less

By Rajeshni Naidu-Ghelani

How the Big Mac is changing

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Would you pay $25 for a nap?

At the start of 2018 Pfizer announced that it was increasing the price of its little blue pills in the US (Credit: Getty Images)

Bizarre things worth more than silver

By Richard Gray

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The food you buy really is shrinking

By Veronique Greenwood

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Understanding burger-nomics

By Bryan Lufkin

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The rush for Justin Timberlake’s shoes