It’s become something of a seasonal tradition – with apologies to the remarkable Randall Munroe – for me to tackle your bizarre hypothetical economics questions. To give you a sense of what I meanm here are some questions from previous years:
- What if DogeCoin became the official US currency?
- How big would an asteroid made of precious metal have to be for it to be worth doing a space mission to bring it back?
- What if interest rates were controlled by the net run rate in a never-ending cricket match between the Treasury and the Bank of England?
- What does the world look like if all monetary transactions are now conducted with only penny coins?
You get the idea.
I’m hoping to publish more answers to more strange questions, so please send them in – if you’re receiving this post via email just hit reply, or you can send them in to me at tim.harford at my ft.com email address. Brief is good, weird is good, political is probably not as funny as you think – looking forward to tackling your questions!