Joyce withdrew from two papers, did not complete five and failed one.

Ten years on: Where the key players of the global recession are now.

Steven Joyce's maiden Budget today is expected to be a "steady as she goes affair".

Two damning reports on farming greeted by Government silence, says green campaigner.

After his first major speech as Finance Minister, Steven Joyce talks to Liam Dann about economics, social investment and the odds of tax cuts in the upcoming budget.

COMMENT: Is a strong dollar good or bad for the economy? Initially it seems a ridiculous thing for a US President to need to ask, Liam Dann writes.

New Zealand is lagging behind other developed countries when it comes to spending on research and development.

EDITORIAL: Immigrants have always provided an easy target for populist politicians.

COMMENT: The epic scale of political conflict in the US risks making New Zealand's problems seem trivial, Liam Dann writes.

WATCH: Here's how the pace of technological change is re-shaping the world.

In a phone conversation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have vowed to work together on 'strategic economic issues' and Syria.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

Watch NZH Focus: Economic group says we should move "sooner rather than later" to legalise and generate a gain of $300m to government coffers.

The official government statistician has hit back at Labour over accusations of political interference in unemployment statistics.

The Australian government announced new measures to target tax dodging multinationals in its overnight budget.

WATCH: Greg Peacock looks at the latest economic concern: quantitative tightening or QT.

There is general agreement NZ is heading in the right direction, but statistics show a nation in long-term economic decline and societal disintegration.

NZ Herald Business Editor-at-large Liam Dann is joined by economists Shamubeel Eaqub and HSBC's Paul Bloxham for the first edition of 'The Economy Hub' - our new weekly look at economics. Today we talk dairy doom, markets meltdown and the Reserve Bank.

Global inequality has reached a stage of 62 people holding the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world.

Nobel prize winning economist looks at how trying to help poor countries hurts them.

Can any human being really conceive of what it's like to serve a 10-year prison sentence?

Gabriel Makhlouf says the Government should stick to its fiscal strategy, despite falling dairy prices and rising global turmoil.

The release of New Zealand's latest international investment position has shone a spotlight on the country's debt. The data were released this week in conjunction with the March quarter balance of payments statistics.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has found a new way to plug the country's budget hole: targeting multinationals.

The seasons in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" aren't regular or celestial, just like business cycles.

The central bank for central banks has some advice for policymakers fretting about deflation: Don't.

Russia has lost control of its economy and may be forced to impose Soviet-style exchange controls after the central bank failed to stem the collapse of the rouble.

Property and construction bosses want the Government to reform the Resource Management Act, an extension of Special Housing Areas, the creation of more affordable housing in Auckland and Christchurch and perhaps the introduction of some form of capital ga