Scenarios about 'economic history'
Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'economic history'.
What If The 2008 Financial Crisis Was Prevented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where regulatory action and financial foresight prevented the 2008 global financial crisis, dramatically altering the economic and political landscape of the 21st century.
What If The Bretton Woods System Never Collapsed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the international monetary system established at Bretton Woods in 1944 continued to function, maintaining fixed exchange rates and the gold standard into the 21st century.
What If The Gold Standard Was Never Abandoned?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the international gold standard persisted, fundamentally altering modern monetary policy, global economics, and geopolitical power structures.
What If The Great Depression Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the catastrophic economic collapse of 1929-1939 was avoided, fundamentally altering the development of modern economic systems, geopolitics, and social welfare.
What If The Great Inflation of The 1970s Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States and global economies avoided the devastating inflation of the 1970s, potentially reshaping economic policy, politics, and social development for decades to come.
What If The Industrial Revolution Began Outside Europe?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Industrial Revolution originated in China or the Islamic world, dramatically reshaping global power dynamics, technological development, and the modern world order.