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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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Yearly
+38k members(3.0%)
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