Why Bill Gates may not know everything about the economy

Just because you are super rich doesn't mean you know everything about every finical topic out there. In fact, being super rich usually means you know a whole lot about one thing. Bill Gates is a genius when it comes to computers and building companies. That doesn't mean he knows everything about tax policy in modern America, tariffs, immigration and politics. 

One of the biggest problems in our culture today is that ignorant people sometimes think that doctors, lawyers, scientists and professors know more than they really do. Your English professor in college may not even know that much outside her speciality as well. She might focus on Victorian literature in America and of course she knows who Shakespeare is and can carry on a conversation about him-but that's not her area of expertise. Same goes for a lawyer. Your average lawyer might be able to defend a DUI in a criminal court, but a murder case would take much more experience and when you are fresh out of law school, you aren't ready for that.