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  1. 15. Energy Market

    Our energy bills explained.

  2. 14. Bankruptcy and Insolvency

    How does going bankrupt affect us and the economy?

  3. 13. National Debt

    What is the national debt?

  4. 12. Credit

    What is credit and how do we use it?

  5. 11. Pricing and Discounting

    How does pricing work, and when is a bargain really a bargain?

  6. 10. Inequality

    Why are the rich, rich and the poor, poor, and was it always this way?

  7. 9. International Trade and Currency Markets

    The reason we can eat pineapples and sell aeroplane parts.

  8. 8. Pensions

    Why is it so hard to save for when we’re older?

  9. 7. Jobs and Unemployment

    Why might your wages be low even if everyone who wants a job, has one?

  10. 6. Recessions

    What is a recession and why might one happen?

  11. 5. Banks

    What are banks and what do they do with our money?

  12. 4. Bonds, Gilts, Stocks and Shares

    Who lends the government money and why? And what exactly does the stock market do?

  13. 3. Economic Growth and GDP

    What is economic growth, and what happens if there isn’t any?

  14. 2. Interest Rates and Mortgage Rates

    What’s the Bank of England got to do with mortgage rates?

  15. 1. Inflation

    What is inflation, why does it matter, and is someone to blame if it goes up?

  16. Trailer

    Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you.