Investigating the economics and hidden systems impacting everyday life.
It's Complicated explores the complex and often opaque systems behind the prices we pay every day: from supply chains and monopolies to pricing psychology and globalization, we explain why modern life costs what it does. Using data, history, business analysis and real-world examples, our videos break down the systems shaping the modern cost of living. From food prices, shrinking products, expensive housing, delivery apps, tourism, supermarkets, subscriptions, and the systems quietly reshaping how we live.
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Thank you for letting us know what to cover next. The poll had a clear winner, so we’ve got more videos in the works unpacking hidden systems.
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Which country’s diesel exports have increased the most since 2022?
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Apologies, no video today as I'm a bit under the weather. Normal service will resume next week.
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Which of these foods is the most inefficient, in terms of converting input calories from feed into food?
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Roughly how many everyday food prices in supermarkets do shoppers tend to have a strong sense of?
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Have you heard about this?
Has anyone heard the claim that the USDA stores 1.5 billion pounds of cheese, 355 million pounds of butter, and 211 million pounds of pecans in underground caves near Springfield, Missouri?
I was very intrigued by this, but when I looked into it, there was a surprising lack of evidence to back it up. And yet, the USDA Commodity Credit Corporation did buy and hold large quantities of surplus dairy products during the 1970s and 1980s, but even then, pictures and documentary evidence are scarce.
Let me know if you’ve heard of this story and if you have any more information about it.
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How many servings of instant noodles did we eat worldwide in 2025?
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Which of these terms means the bread it has been labeled as must contain a specific minimum amount of whole wheat flour?
The others have been fabricated for marketing purposes.
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