Worldbuilding Questions, Social Economics Edition

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  • Who owns businesses? Families? Shareholders? The government?
  • Are there service industries (hairdressing, tech support,
    etc.)?
  • Where do people learn a trade? From their parents? As an apprentice?
    From a private trade school? From a government-run trade school?
  • Who in a family is expected to work?
  • Who in a family is allowed to work?
  • If everyone is allowed and expected to work, who watches
    children? Are there nannies? Daycares? If it’s done by older children, what
    happens when there’s only one child?
  • Who takes care of the elderly? The daughter’s family? The
    son’s family? A nursing home? What if they have no children?
  • Are there child labor laws?
  • Are there laws regarding work hours, safety, etc.?
  • Are unions legal?
  • Are there government regulations on businesses, industries,
    etc.?
  • Are there government-provided services?
  • Are there social safety nets?
  • Are there banks? If not, where/how do people store money?
  • Is there a mortgage or loan system?
  • Is it expected that a person or family will own a house?
  • Is there government-run housing?
  • Is there support for the homeless?
  • Is there support for the disabled?
  • Is there an equivalent to the stock market?
  • Is there standardized currency? Who manufactures it?
  • Is there a fixed exchange rate (eg the gold standard) or are
    currencies free-floating?
  • Is there a central bank?
  • Is there upwards mobility, socially/economically?
  • How is moving upward socially viewed by society?

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