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What the app is

The Futuristic Economy is a history of the world economy that you play, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It runs from the first clay debt tablets to 2060 in 31 short episodes, with 43 decisions where you choose what to do and 14 simulations, plus a Living Timeline and a Read mode with the full text. It is free, has no account and no ads, and works offline.

Moving through an episode

Tap the right side of the screen to go on and the left side to go back. Hold to pause, and drag left or right to move back and forth through a scene. On iPhone, drag down to close the episode. On Mac, use the arrow keys to go forward and back, the space bar to play or pause, and Esc to close.

Every episode stands on its own, so you can start anywhere. At a decision, pick an option to see what your choice would have done, then what really happened. Each episode ends with a short quiz and a recap.

Finding Settings

On iPhone, open the You tab and tap the gear button. On iPad and Mac, choose Settings in the sidebar. On Mac you can also press Command and comma.

The sound or narration is too much

Settings has separate switches for sound, narration and, on iPhone and iPad, haptics. Narration is off until you turn it on. On iPhone the app's sound follows the silent switch, and it mixes with music you are already playing. You can also turn off Auto-play beats in Settings.

The animations are too busy

Turn on Reduce Motion in your device's Accessibility settings. The app then uses gentle fades instead of movement.

The text is too small

The app follows your device's text size. Read mode also has its own text size buttons, and the same setting is in Settings under Reading.

Rank and Tools

Your decisions, quiz answers and simulation results build your Economist rank, from Apprentice to Oracle, which you can see on the You tab on iPhone. Concepts you meet along the way are collected as Tools in the Toolkit. Your rank is only for you: nothing is shared.

Starting again

Open Settings and choose Reset progress. This clears your episodes, decisions, quizzes, simulations and Tools on that device, after you confirm. It cannot be undone, and it does not change your settings.

Does it need the internet?

No. Everything is inside the app.

The last part is about the future

The chapters in part six, from 2025 to 2060, describe possibilities, not forecasts.

Contact

For a question, a mistake in the content or an idea, please email support@dpseven.com. Please tell us your device and the episode you were on.

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