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What have you been wondering about the economy?

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All of these questions will be read by me, Kyla Scanlon! I am creating this website because I get a lot of wonderful questions that I can't always keep track of. This will be where I answer them, with a doodle. Curious how I've answered things before? Read the newsletter and watch my daily videos, or read In This Economy?, now available in paperback!

Some questions that have already been asked

  1. Why does the RV industry have sooo many dealerships around the country with seemingly hundreds of vehicles, many of which run to $250k plus? How do the economics make sense? The opposite of "just in time" inventory.

    Chris, Herndon, VA

  2. What will happen to housing prices in 10–20 years as the baby boomer generation dies off? I used to think the houses would be sold but now I think people will continue to hoard housing. How should urban (and suburban) planners plan for this?

    Anonymous, Vermont

  3. In cryptocurrency there's a process called a token burn, which removes supply. Now that we have printed too much fiat, is there any process by which the government can remove fiat from the total supply, and what effect would that have on inflation?

    Dante, Miami

  4. Why do most economic models assume equilibrium, when the real world runs on asymmetry — of power, information, and access? Doesn't that make those models both practically and morally useless?

    Maciej, Szczecin, Poland