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r/AskEconomics
1.3M members
r/AskEconomics is a subreddit with 1.3M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
A central repository for questions about economic theory, research, and policy.
Please read the rules before posting, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. Posts should be in the form of a question.
Popular Themes in r/AskEconomics
#1
Advice Requests
: "How does Bermuda function with the highest tariffs in the world and has no federal income tax?"
24 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "If US healthcare insurance companies approved all their claims, would they still be profitable?"
21 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Why are americans so unhappy with the economy?"
12 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Why aren't there big not-for-profit health insurers in the US?"
8 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskEconomics
#1
Economy
: "Why are americans so unhappy with the Economy?"
59 posts
#2
Economics
: "Is Argentina's history of overspending and economic failure a demonstration of flaws in Keynesian Economics?"
39 posts
#3
Inflation
: "How would Inflation have been different under Trump instead of Biden?"
17 posts
#4
Tariffs
: "If Tariffs are generally considered bad for an economy, why are countries like Mexico threatening to impose their own Tariffs on the US if we tariff them?"
13 posts
#5
Tax
: "Is it true in any case that 'when you cut the highest Tax rates on the highest-income earners, government gets more money from them' (Arthur Laffer)?"
9 posts
#6
Taxes
: "Taxes were the highest between 1944-1963. The 50's are said as the most prosperous. Is that accurate?"
9 posts
#7
Government
: "Does the 'military-industrial complex' actually exist as a distinctively malignant force on US Government policy and the economy in general?"
7 posts
#8
Income
: "Citizens may disapprove of an Income tax because they see how much money they'd make without the tax, but approve of a corporate tax because they don't see the burden falling on them. Is there a name for this phenomenon?"
7 posts
#9
Housing
: "It's often cited how expensive things are today compared to income. Housing, education, cars, food, etc. Yet it seems like the average person has so much more than our great grandparents... what's changed?"
7 posts
#10
Healthcare
: "If US Healthcare insurance companies approved all their claims, would they still be profitable?"
6 posts
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