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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
: "Is growing wealth inequality a problem if the poor is objectively getting richer?"
37 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "What would a $50/hour minimum wage actually look like?"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "What happened to sink the Canadian dollar's value to $0.56 usd on 12/21/2024?"
7 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Is there any way mass deportations as proposed by Trump would actually help GDP growth?"
6 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Will automated manufacturing fundamentally change what it means to be a consumer?"
1 post
#6
News
: "It has been over 2 years since Biden cancelled hundreds of billions of student loan debt. Do economists think it was good policy? "
1 post

Popular Topics in r/AskEconomics

#1

Economy

: "How is China Economy currently?"
77 posts
#2

Economics

: "From an Economics perspective should Biden have blocked the steel merger?"
50 posts
#3

Price

: "Is there a way to distinguish between Price gouging and charging the market Price for a scarce resource?"
36 posts
#4

Worst

20 posts
#5

Inflation

: "In 2022, how did we have the highest Inflation in 40 years but also the highest corporate profits in 70 years?"
20 posts
#6

Gdp

: "Why, despite its extremely long working hours, is South Korea's economy in terms of Gdp per capita only at around $33,000, only roughly in line with economies with much shorter working hours like France, and notably weaker than Germany?"
14 posts
#7

Tariffs

: "How bad will Trump’s Tariffs be to the economy?"
13 posts
#8

Government

: "What does the US Government do when it has no money?"
12 posts
#9

Housing

: "Why does everywhere seem to have a Housing crisis at the moment?"
12 posts
#10

Market

: "Could a union start a business?"
8 posts

Member Growth in r/AskEconomics

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