Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If Epic Games Store Never Challenged Steam?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Epic Games never launched its competing digital storefront, leaving Valve's Steam platform largely unchallenged in the PC gaming distribution market.
What If Esports Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where competitive video gaming failed to evolve into a global entertainment industry, dramatically altering digital culture, entertainment economics, and technological development in the 21st century.
What If European Aerospace Consolidated Differently?
Exploring the alternate timeline where European aerospace companies formed different alliances in the 1960s-1990s, reshaping global aviation competition and technological development.
What If European Agricultural Policies Took a Different Direction?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the European Union pursued a radically different agricultural policy path, reshaping food production, rural development, and global trade patterns throughout the 21st century.
What If European High-Speed Rail Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where European high-speed rail networks emerged in the immediate post-war period, radically transforming transportation patterns, urban development, and European integration decades before our timeline.
What If European Vocational Education Systems Took Different Approaches?
Exploring the alternate timeline where key European nations made fundamentally different choices in developing their vocational education systems, potentially reshaping economic development, social mobility, and global competitiveness.