Welcome to the Haunted Economy
Where markets get mysterious, money gets monstrous, and economics comes alive.
Three ways to meet the haunted economy
The Haunted Market
Trick or Trade
Take 1,000 pumpkin coins, stock a seasonal stall, and set your prices. Ten nights of demand spikes, supply shocks, and rent that arrives whether or not anyone walks in.
Trick or Treat Economics
Ten Halloween scenarios, one economic idea each, with the reasoning explained the moment you answer. Candy points saved on this device.
Haunted Headlines
Six original seasonal explainers: candy inflation, seasonal demand, the economics of fear, and the arithmetic of a haunted house. No invented statistics.
Pull the levers. Watch the economy answer.
Three live experiments with real calculations. Adjust supply and demand, inflation, and entire policy levers, and see the math respond instantly. Charit, our guide, explains what each result means.
Open the Lab"Where the lines cross, the market clears. Move a lever and the price settles somewhere new."
Recent dispatches
Inflation Is Falling. Why Are Prices Still So High?
Inflation and the price level are two different things. Here is why a slower climb still feels like a high cost.
The Fed Raised Interest Rates. What Actually Changes for You?
A rate hike sounds abstract. Here is the chain from a central bank decision to your credit card, your savings, and your coworker's job.
Do Tariffs Raise Prices? Who Actually Pays for Them?
A tariff is a tax on imports. The real question is who hands the money over, and economists have a fairly clear answer.
Make It Work
$1,200. A new city. Your first paycheck is two weeks away. Every choice changes what happens next in this 3D life simulation.
The Foundation Grid
Almost every explainer assumes you already know six words. Here they are, in plain English, plus a living supply-and-demand diagram you can drag.
Open Economics 101Financial agency shouldn't require a finance degree. We separate explanation from opinion, because the first step to making good decisions is knowing which is which.
Built by students who believe economics makes more sense when it connects to real life. EconForward is a student-led, peer-driven economics education initiative, and understanding economics shouldn't require a textbook full of unfamiliar terminology.
Read the missionThe Neutrality Engine
What's actually in the news, separated into facts and interpretations, with every claim sourced.
Enter Behavioral EconomicsThe Decision Lab
Why smart people make surprising money choices, and the hidden forces nudging your decisions.
Enter Economics 101The Foundation Grid
Plain-English explainers for inflation, interest rates, opportunity cost, and the rest of the vocabulary.
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