List of Unsolved Problems in Economics

List Of Unsolved Problems In Economics

This is a list of some of the major unsolved problems, puzzles, or questions in economics. Some of these are theoretical in origin and some of them concern the inability of standard economic theory to explain an empirical observation.

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