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?

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

Words' Worth project

Words have power, and the way we talk about the economy affects the way the economy works.

see the images

Bonkers Economics infographic with words MAKE, CARE, PRODUCE, LEARN, HOME, RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIETY in colorful text.
Bonkers Economics infographic with words MAKE, CARE, PRODUCE, LEARN, HOME, RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIETY in colorful text.

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.

Read the story

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.

Order the full set for £6.50

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