Money Basics
What money actually is, how it holds value, and the vocabulary every other module builds on.
Curriculum
Learn economics by listening
Each module holds a set of short lessons. Every lesson has a full transcript that EconReader can read aloud, and a recording where one exists.
Banking
Accounts, interest, and how to make a bank work for you instead of the other way around.
Credit & Debt
Credit scores, borrowing costs, and how to tell useful debt from expensive debt.
Fintech & Digital Money
Payment apps, digital wallets, and staying safe when money moves through a screen.
Investing & Markets
Stocks, bonds, risk and compounding - explained without the jargon or the hype.
Economy & You
Inflation, jobs, and interest rates - how headline economics reaches your daily life.
International Affairs & Global Economics
How trade, currencies and international institutions connect the world's economies - and what happens when they don't get along.
Political Economy
How different economic systems are actually organized, and the political forces and institutions that shape them.
Economic History
The crises, turning points and eras that explain how today's economy got built.
Behavioral Economics
Why people don't act like the rational calculators economic models assume - and what that means in practice.
Scams, Fraud & Consumer Protection
How financial scams actually work, and the rights and tools that protect you when something goes wrong.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
What it actually takes to start and run a small business, from the first idea to the first hire.
Environmental Economics
How economics explains environmental problems - and the tools used to price and fix them.
Taxes
What taxes actually pay for, how the major kinds work, and how to file with confidence.