A1 Level – Elementary
1. What is a lot of money?
2. Do you want to be rich?
3. Do rich people buy big houses?
4. What is a private jet?
5. Do you think rich people work hard?
6. What is a good charity?
7. Do you like famous people?
8. What is a big company?
9. Do you think billionaires are powerful?
10. What is a good invention?
11. Do you pay taxes?
12. What is a yacht?
13. Do you think they are happy?
14. What are three things billionaires spend money on?
15. Do you think billionaires help the world?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire?
2. Why do some billionaires give away money?
3. What are the good things and bad things about having too much wealth?
4. How can a billionaire use their money to solve big problems?
5. Should rich people pay higher taxes?
6. Why do some billionaires invest in space travel?
7. Do you think it is possible to become a billionaire only by luck?
8. What is the purpose of a large foundation?
9. How does a billionaire’s spending affect the economy?
10. What is the difference between owning a company and investing in a company?
11. Do you think billionaires have too much influence in politics?
12. What are the problems when billionaires try to control the media?
13. When is the best time for a billionaire to start giving to charity?
14. What are two differences between old money and new money?
15. How does the existence of billionaires affect ordinary people?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking a wealthy person for money?
2. How does the media’s focus on billionaires affect young people’s career goals?
3. Should the government limit how much money one person can have?
4. What is the difference between wealth accumulated from invention and wealth accumulated from finance?
5. Do you believe that billionaires have a moral duty to help society?
6. What are the challenges for a billionaire trying to live a normal life?
7. How does the tax system treat billionaires differently from middle-class workers?
8. What is the idea of “effective altruism”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when billionaires avoid paying taxes by using complex legal structures?
10. How does a billionaire’s decision to start a new company affect global employment?
11. What are the steps for properly setting up a charity foundation?
12. What is the value of personal achievement for a person who already has everything?
13. Should public services (like schools) accept large donations from billionaires?
14. What are the reasons why some billionaires are strongly criticized for their business practices?
15. How does a billionaire’s life affect their children’s ability to be independent?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures on the children of billionaires to succeed?
2. What are the moral problems when billionaires choose to fund controversial political groups?
3. How does the focus on extreme wealth affect the public’s perception of economic fairness?
4. Should billionaires be allowed to purchase and control major media platforms (like social media)?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having infinite resources and no financial limits.
6. Who is responsible for ensuring that the competition between billionaires does not harm the public?
7. What is your view on the practice of billionaires paying very low tax rates?
8. Evaluate the role of billionaires in driving major technological progress.
9. How does the global nature of billionaire wealth make it difficult for one country to tax them fairly?
10. Discuss the concept of “wealth inequality” and its impact on social stability.
11. What are the problems with relying on the personal charity of billionaires to solve systemic problems?
12. What are the legal differences between tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of extreme wealth is mainly to buy political influence?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that large charitable foundations are transparent about their spending?
15. How does the pursuit of extreme wealth affect a person’s personal values and empathy?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the market system inherently leads to the concentration of extreme wealth in a few hands?
2. What is the right way to think about a billionaire’s moral duty to pay high taxes versus their freedom to spend their money?
3. How do global tax havens influence the behavior of the world’s richest individuals?
4. When should the government impose a wealth tax on assets, not just on income?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about billionaires spending vast sums on luxury that could solve world poverty?
6. How does the focus on a few successful entrepreneurs affect the value society places on collective effort?
7. Discuss the impact of competition between rival billionaires on the future of space exploration.
8. How should leaders use the power of incentives to encourage billionaires to invest in public goods?
9. What is the idea of “oligarchy” and how does the class of billionaires relate to political power?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the highest positions of power are increasingly held by the ultra-rich?
11. What are the difficulties when international law tries to regulate the global movement of billionaire assets?
12. How does the search for total control conflict with the democratic ideal of equal voice?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the creation of jobs by billionaires, regardless of their ethics?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when accepting money from a controversial billionaire?
15. Should the government set a legal maximum for the amount of money a single person can own?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between earned wealth and inherited wealth in terms of social legitimacy?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely ban the accumulation of wealth above a certain fixed amount?
3. How does the concept of “success” change when money becomes an abstract score rather than a tool for living?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how billionaires use their money to influence political lobbying?
5. How do historical views of aristocracy and royalty affect modern public criticism of billionaires?
6. How can communities maintain economic fairness when the local job market is dominated by one billionaire’s company?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to regulate charity and trust billionaires to spend their money wisely.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who report corporate tax avoidance by billionaires?
9. How can we stop the problem of using philanthropic foundations to shield wealth from taxation permanently?
10. What did old thinkers say about luxury, virtue, and the equitable distribution of goods that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for government if billionaires can perfectly solve major world problems using technology?
12. How do people use the idea of “job creators” to avoid discussing the deep ethical issues of wealth inequality?
13. How does the experience of extreme wealth change a person’s understanding of human need and suffering?
14. What is the power of international organizations to force a global minimum tax on corporations and the ultra-rich?
15. If scientists could create a perfect economic system where everyone was equally wealthy, how would that fundamentally change human motivation?
