Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If São Paulo Implemented Different Urban Planning Strategies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where São Paulo embraced comprehensive urban planning in the mid-20th century, potentially transforming Brazil's economic powerhouse into a more livable, sustainable megacity.
What If Social Media Never Became Dominant?
Exploring the alternate timeline where social media platforms failed to achieve widespread adoption, fundamentally altering the development of digital communication, information sharing, and societal interaction in the 21st century.
What If Social Media Was Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where social media platforms never emerged, radically altering the development of the internet, digital communication, politics, and global social dynamics in the 21st century.
What If Social Security Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Social Security Act of 1935 never became law, dramatically altering America's approach to retirement, poverty, and the social safety net throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
What If Sofia Developed Different Post-Communist Economic Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Bulgaria's capital pursued a more gradual, socially-oriented transition from communism, potentially creating a different model of post-Soviet economic development in Eastern Europe.
What If Solar Power Was Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where solar photovoltaic technology was developed and widely adopted decades before our timeline, potentially reshaping energy geopolitics, environmental outcomes, and technological development throughout the 20th century.