Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If The Chicago School of Economics Never Gained Prominence?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the free-market economic theories of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School never achieved their transformative influence on global economic policy, potentially altering the course of neoliberalism, global development, and inequality.
What If The City of London Implemented Different Financial Regulations?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the UK took a fundamentally different approach to financial regulation in the 1980s, potentially altering the global financial landscape, the 2008 crisis, and Britain's economic trajectory.
What If The Cold War Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the post-WWII tensions between the United States and Soviet Union never escalated into a global ideological conflict, fundamentally reshaping geopolitics, technological development, and global culture.
What If The Colorado River Water Allocation Was Different?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1922 Colorado River Compact established a fundamentally different water allocation system, reshaping the development of the American Southwest.
What If The Computer Age Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the critical developments leading to modern computing never occurred, leaving humanity without the digital revolution that transformed our world.
What If The Concorde Never Crashed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Air France Concorde Flight 4590 never crashed in 2000, potentially allowing supersonic passenger travel to flourish into the 21st century.