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Economic history

What happened, and why, taught as the decisions people actually faced. Every module asks you to guess before it tells you, puts you in the chair for one real decision, and sources every figure.

The world economy

Crises, currencies and the decisions that shaped them, wherever they happened.

When Money Stops WorkingOne mechanism, three times, a century apart, in seven parts. What it is like, why it happens, what it takes away, and what it takes to stop one.7 modules · about 75 min · Free: Money That Will Not Wait Nothing Left to Hold It1971 to 1982, in twelve parts. The rule that held the world's currencies together, the oil price that rose more than three times over in a year, and why eleven countries that met the same price ended up more than three times apart.3 of 12 modules ready · about 130 min · Free: One Price, Eleven Answers

Britain

The British economy since 1945, taught as the events that shaped it.

Thatcher's Economic Policy1979 to 1990, in ten parts. Inflation, the factories, the unions, the miners, the sell-off, Right to Buy, the boom, tax and spending, and whether any of it worked.13 modules · about 125 min · Free: What Thatcher Inherited What the Pound Cost — 1945 to 19761945 to 1979, in six parts. The war debt, the NHS and what it cost, eighteen years defending one exchange rate, four crises and a devaluation, the three-day week, and the IMF.6 modules · about 60 min · Free: What the War Left
Britain and EuropeTwo referendums, one currency Britain never joined, and the day it left the exchange rate mechanism.2 modules · being written
The 2008 Financial Crisis2006 to 2025, in seven parts. The loans, the bonds they were turned into, how it reached Britain, the weekend Lehman went, the banks the state bought, the recession, and what came back.7 modules · about 75 min · Free: The 2008 Financial Crisis Quantitative Easing2009 to 2026, in nine parts. Who chooses the inflation target, what the Bank reached for when the interest rate ran out, who gained from it, why the bill turned round, and where the selling has to stop.1 of 9 modules ready · about 80 min · Free: The Number Somebody Chose

The United States

The American economy, from the crash of 1929 onwards.

The Great Depression1929 to 1939, in seven parts. The crash that was not the cause, nine thousand banks, the promise about gold that every country broke, what it did to the people who lived through it, and what actually ended it.7 modules · about 70 min · Free: The Boom and the Fall