The Invisible Economist: Hidden Incentives Behind Money, Markets and Power
The Invisible Economist is the KrypTunes YouTube channel about the hidden incentives behind money, markets and power. Every episode follows one question: who benefits, and who pays? We cover economic history, financial crises, corporate power, consumer psychology and the market news behind the headlines.
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What the channel covers
The channel runs five series:
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- Money History: documentaries on crises, empires and the systems that still shape your money.
- Hidden Hand: noir-style stories about the incentives behind everyday prices and products.
- Market Moves: short explainers on the market news that matters now.
- Lessons from Legends: one lesson a day from famous investors.
- Stickonomics: economics ideas explained simply with stick figures.
Each long video has a companion article here on KrypTunes, with the key facts, figures and sources written out in full.
Watch and read: companion articles
- Video: The 2008 Financial Crisis Explained · Read: The Week Modern Banking Almost Collapsed
- Video: The Company That Conquered a Country · Read: How the East India Company Became an Empire
- Video: The Secret Conspiracy That Designed Your Life to Fail · Read: Why Do Light Bulbs Die? The Phoebus Cartel
- Video: Why the US Can't Switch Off This $14 Trillion Money Machine · Read: The Dollar Market Washington Accidentally Built
- Video: The 1973 Oil Crisis: Why America Ran Out of Gas · Read: Nine Percent Off the Market, Five Miles at the Pump
- Video: Why America's Chip Ban Couldn't Stop DeepSeek · Read: DeepSeek Didn't Break the Chip Ban
- Video: The Secret History of Why You Buy · Read: Edward Bernays Sold the Feeling of Freedom
- Video: The AI Bubble's Secret $8 Billion Hot Potato · Read: Amazon's $8 Billion AI Chip Hot Potato
More episodes
- This 14th-Century Economist Understood Modern Economics Better Than We Do: Ibn Khaldun on taxes, empires and decline.
- How Empires Go Broke — And Where Canada Is in the Cycle
- Bengal's Lost Fortune — How the British East India Company Took It
- No Warning: The True Story of the 1917 Halifax Disaster
- The Secret Pricing War: Why You're Paying More Than You Should
- Why a SpaceX Merger Could Destroy Your Tesla Stock
- US Debt vs Your Money: What You Need to Know
- Economic History Marathon: 11 Documentaries on Money, Crashes and Corporate Cons
Who makes it
The Invisible Economist is made by Khalid Hossain, founder of KrypTunes, a Toronto-based technology manager who writes about AI, markets and economic history. Characters in the noir episodes (Dave and Olivia) are fictional; the history, figures and quotes are documented, with sources listed in each video description and companion article.
Frequently asked questions
- What is The Invisible Economist? A YouTube channel by KrypTunes explaining the hidden incentives behind money, markets and power through economic history and market news.
- Is it the same as The Economist magazine? No. The Invisible Economist is an independent channel and has no connection to The Economist newspaper.
- Where can I read the sources? Each companion article on kryptunes.com lists the sources for its video.
For information only. Not financial advice.
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