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How the world works, mapped, dated and stamped.
Explainers on money, places and what-if scenarios. Every episode has a written version here with its key figures, sources and corrections.
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Three series
What-if scenarios played out one day at a time, built from real data and labelled as scenarios.
How prices, currencies and pay actually move, one mechanism at a time.
Why people live where they live, told with maps.
The stamps on our work
Sourced and dated
Every number carries its source and date. The full list sits at the end of each page.
OUR MATH
When a figure is our own calculation, we say so and show how we got it.
SCENARIO
Day by Day episodes are modelled what-ifs built from real data. They are labelled, never presented as news.
Corrections
Mistakes are fixed in public: on the episode page, on the corrections page and in the pinned comment.