The economy isn't broken. It’s working exactly as designed.

Why are our rivers full of sewage while private wealth keeps soaring? Why do essential workers struggle to survive in one of the richest countries on Earth?

These images reveal the hidden systems shaping modern Britain, who benefits from them, and who pays the price.

Explore the image collection below or watch Martin Whitlock’s video series.

Watch the Video series

economic diagram about the how the UK consumes more than it produces
economic diagram about boardroom excesses
economic diagram about boardroom excesses
Bonkers Economics animation of broken UK economy with schooling assesment

Introducing Martin

Introducing Martin

Introducing Martin

I'm a writer and a businessman. I've spent years trying to understand why an economy as wealthy as Britain's leaves so many people behind, and why the explanations we're given never quite add up.

These images are my attempt to show, rather than argue. To make visible the structures that are usually hidden in plain sight.

Each one began as a question. The picture is the answer.


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.

Political art for people who want to understand what’s really happening

These twelve illustrations expose the systems shaping modern Britain, from privatisation and housing to debt, extraction, and inequality.

Designed as striking visual postcards, each piece turns a complicated economic story into something immediate, memorable, and impossible to unsee.

Also vailable as prints and T-shirts.

Bonkers Economics postcards with colorful stripes and website address on a white band.

Order the full set for £6.50