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15. Energy Market
Our energy bills explained.

14. Bankruptcy and Insolvency
How does going bankrupt affect us and the economy?

13. National Debt
What is the national debt?

12. Credit
What is credit and how do we use it?

11. Pricing and Discounting
How does pricing work, and when is a bargain really a bargain?

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

9. International Trade and Currency Markets
The reason we can eat pineapples and sell aeroplane parts.

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

7. Jobs and Unemployment
Why might your wages be low even if everyone who wants a job, has one?

6. Recessions
What is a recession and why might one happen?