Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If The Baltic Sea Pollution Was Addressed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Baltic Sea nations implemented comprehensive pollution control measures in the 1960s, potentially transforming the ecological health and regional cooperation around one of Europe's most threatened bodies of water.
What If The Beirut Port Explosion Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion was prevented, potentially altering Lebanon's political trajectory and humanitarian situation in the midst of multiple crises.
What If The Bell System Monopoly Never Ended?
Exploring the alternate timeline where AT&T's telecommunications monopoly was never broken up, fundamentally altering the development of American telecommunications, the internet, and global technology markets.
What If The Berlin Conference Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where European powers never formalized the 'Scramble for Africa' through the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference, potentially altering the course of colonialism, decolonization, and modern African geopolitics.
What If The Berlin Wall Never Fell?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall never occurred, prolonging the Cold War and dramatically reshaping global politics, economic development, and European integration into the 21st century.
What If The Bhopal Disaster Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the catastrophic 1984 gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India never occurred, potentially altering industrial safety standards, corporate accountability, and India's development.