12 reasons why the UK economy is broken

How come our essential public services are foundering, our rivers flow with sewage and millions of our children go to bed hungry?

Each of these 12 images has a story to tell, of why, in one of the richest countries in the world, everything that matters is short of money.

Click below to view the images, or watch the video series in the next section.

So what's gone wrong?

So what's gone wrong?

So what's gone wrong?

ecomomic diagram about schooling
ecomomic diagram about schooling
economic diagram about boardroom excesses
economic diagram about boardroom excesses
economic diagram about lending money
economic diagram about lending money
economic diagram about lending money

Video COLLECTION

If it all seems a bit bonkers, that’s because it is.

Like water, money should flow freely, helping people to thrive. But instead it’s being siphoned off, bottled up, and sold back to us at a markup.

Our images dive into the data behind this madness, from privatised water to trading excesses and national debt. Take a look, ask better questions, and start unblocking the system.

Whats the Story?

Whats the Story?

Video COLLECTION

If it all seems a bit bonkers, that’s because it is.

Like water, money should flow freely, helping people to thrive. But instead it’s being siphoned off, bottled up, and sold back to us at a markup.

Our images dive into the data behind this madness, from privatised water to trading excesses and national debt. Take a look, ask better questions, and start unblocking the system.

Whats the Story?

Behind the images a bigger story unfolds

The story we’ve been told – that wealth must accumulate at the top to "trickle down"– is completely bonkers.
The truth? When money flows, everybody thrives. It's time to change the story - to reclaim the economy for the many, not just the few.

The story we’ve been told – that wealth must accumulate at the top to "trickle down"– is completely bonkers. The truth? When money flows, everybody thrives. It's time to change the story - to reclaim the economy for the many, not just the few.

The story we’ve been told – that wealth must accumulate at the top to "trickle down"– is completely bonkers. The truth? When money flows, everybody thrives. It's time to change the story - to reclaim the economy for the many, not just the few.

See the images

See the images

See the images

16 postcards, 12 from the main project and 4 from the Words' worth project.

16 illustrated cards, each with a short explanation and a link to this website.

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