About EconOdyssey
Economics, finance and business explained in plain words, with every number sourced.
EconOdyssey explains how money, companies and countries really work. Every story comes as a long read on this site and as a full documentary on YouTube, so you can read it, watch it, or both.
What we cover
- Business: how the world’s biggest companies make their money and how they grew.
- Markets: stocks, bubbles, crashes and what they mean for ordinary savers.
- Finance: debt, central banks and where money actually comes from.
- Geopolitics: trade, tariffs, sanctions and the routes the world economy runs on.
- Nations: how individual countries got rich, stalled or changed course.
- Your Money: housing, wages, pensions and the cost of living.
- Need To Know: short explainers of the basic ideas behind every story.
Get in touch
Story ideas, questions and corrections: desk@econodyssey.com. Advertising and partnerships: advertise@econodyssey.com.