Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If The Aral Sea Disaster Was Prevented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet planners recognized the ecological consequences of their irrigation schemes, preventing one of the worst environmental catastrophes in human history.
What If The Aral Sea Never Dried Up?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Soviet irrigation projects didn't devastate Central Asia's Aral Sea, preserving one of the world's largest inland bodies of water and the ecological and economic systems that depended on it.
What If The Articles of Confederation Were Never Replaced?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Constitutional Convention failed and the United States continued to operate under the weak central government established by the Articles of Confederation.
What If The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the devastating economic collapse that swept through East and Southeast Asia never happened, potentially reshaping global economic power, developmental models, and international financial institutions.
What If The Asian Tigers Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the East Asian economic miracles of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan failed to materialize, fundamentally altering global economic development and geopolitical power dynamics.
What If The Austrian School of Economics Became Dominant?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Austrian economics supplanted Keynesian theory as the mainstream economic paradigm, fundamentally reshaping monetary policy, government intervention, and global financial systems.