26 I paid Rs. 20 to a shoe polish wala in Dadar station. Given the number of people travelling everyday we can expect that he polishes at least 100 shoes a day. Does it mean that his income is at least Rs. 480000 a year?

27 What is the best example of the law of unintended consequences?

28 Why are most people never prepared for a recession?

29 How are the nine million residents of the Saudi "The Line" city going to earn their living?

30 Almost every government bond has a negative return, yet governments issue bonds for billions. Why would anyone buy these?

31 Why is gold so valuable as an element?

32 Why do stores charge more for healthy food than unhealthy food? Is organic food more costly to produce?

33 Why is the rich getting richer day by day and the poor getting poorer?

34 What is the future of cryptocurrency?

35 How come Finland is so rich while it has no natural resources to speak of?

36 How do the rich earn money if it’s not exchanging their time for money?

37 Is being a cashless society the only requirement to end corruption?

38 What made New York City so powerful?

39 How did rich families become wealthy?

40 How do low-wage workers afford to live in NYC?

41 Which Nobel prizes were undeserved?

42 How do I explain to my 7-year-old kid when she asks why we can’t just print a lot of money so that everybody will be happy?

43 Why aren't Czechs moving to Germany and Austria in masses when it would dramatically increase their standard of living, purchasing power, and so forth?

44 If honesty is the best policy, why do most of the honest people remain poor and middle class, but dishonest people get rich?

45 Why is it hard for American factories to compete with foreign factories that use less skilled labor for manufacturing tasks?

46 If Italians in Italy don’t earn much, how do they afford to eat out most of the time?

47 Is there another financial crash coming up?

48 Why should America let EU companies export to the US with almost no tax or tariff while they charge American companies a 30% VAT, essentially a 30% tariff?

49 What can be the adverse effects on the Indian economy if the rupee strengthens against the dollar?

50 What's the difference between a rich man in Nigeria and in the United States?

51 What will be the cause of the next financial crisis?

52 Why can or can't Canada win a trade war with the United States?

53 Which countries are rich but the people are poor?

54 Why does farming not work well in a free market?

55 Why does it seem like a lot of people are talking about moving to Canada when everything is more expensive there?

56 What is a Bitcoin billionaire?

57 If there's actually no such thing as 'free healthcare' (someone's got to pay for it), doesn't that imply that those who pay but get the least of it get cheated?

58 How has Putin been spending his oil money?

59 What are the biggest misconceptions people have about economics?

60 What would happen if everybody in this world would be a millionaire?

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