Economic Changes
Scenarios involving different economic systems, trade patterns, and financial developments
What If Vocational Education Remained Dominant?
Exploring the alternate timeline where practical skills training and apprenticeship models maintained prominence over academic education, reshaping economic development, social mobility, and innovation throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
What If Wall Street Implemented Different Financial Regulations?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the financial industry embraced stronger self-regulation in the 1990s, potentially averting the 2008 global financial crisis and reshaping the world economy.
What If Walmart Never Became The World's Largest Retailer?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Walmart's retail dominance was curtailed, reshaping the global retail landscape, labor practices, and consumer economy.
What If Walmart Never Expanded Beyond Arkansas?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Sam Walton's retail experiment remained a small regional chain, dramatically altering American retail, labor practices, and global supply chains.
What If Walt Disney Lived Longer?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Walt Disney survived his lung cancer diagnosis, potentially transforming not just the Disney company but the entire landscape of entertainment, theme parks, and city planning into the 21st century.
What If Washington State Developed Different Relationships with Tech Companies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Washington State implemented more aggressive taxation and regulation of its tech giants, potentially reshaping the economic landscape of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.