Off The Books: The Hidden Economy

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Every economy has two sides. The one they show you — and the one that actually runs the world. Off The Books is a documentary podcast uncovering the hidden financial systems, shadow markets, and untold stories that never made it into the history books. New episodes every week.

  1. Jun 17

    The $50 Billion Supplement Scam: Same Gummy, 50 Different Boxes | Off The Books

    The same factory. The same ingredients. 50 different brand names, 50 different prices. Off The Books exposes the supplement industry's biggest open secret — and the billions made from repackaging identical products as premium health brands.

    The $50 Billion Supplement Scam: Same Gummy, 50 Different Boxes | Off The Books

  2. Jun 17

    The Ozempic Effect: How a Weight-Loss Drug is Destroying the $500 Billion Snack Industry | Off The Books

    A single weight-loss drug is doing what decades of health campaigns couldn't — it's killing appetite, and with it, the entire snack industry's business model. Off The Books investigates the $500 billion food economy nobody expected to collapse.

    The Ozempic Effect: How a Weight-Loss Drug is Destroying the $500 Billion Snack Industry | Off The Books

  3. Jun 13

    The Dropshipping Game | Off The Books

    The bedroom entrepreneurs making thousands a month selling products they never touch, from suppliers they've never met, to customers who have no idea where their order is coming from. How Britain's dropshipping underground operates and why most of it exists completely off the books.

    The Dropshipping Game | Off The Books

  4. Jun 13

    The Medical Equipment Black Market | Off The Books

    Surplus NHS equipment, grey market medical devices and unregulated suppliers flooding the healthcare system. How billions worth of medical equipment changes hands completely off the books — and the dangerous consequences for patients who never knew the difference.

    The Medical Equipment Black Market | Off The Books

  5. Jun 13

    The Vape Underground | Off The Books

    The billion pound black market hiding in plain sight. Unregulated vapes, counterfeit products and unlicensed sellers flooding Britain's high streets. How the vape underground operates, who's profiting, and why the authorities are struggling to shut it down.

    The Vape Underground | Off The Books

  6. Jun 13

    The Pound Shop Secret | Off The Books

    How do pound shops sell products for less than they cost to make? The hidden supply chains, grey market goods, and off-books deals that keep Britain's discount retail economy running. The truth behind the bargain that's never quite what it seems.

    The Pound Shop Secret | Off The Books

  7. Jun 13

    The YouTube Guru Economy | Off The Books

    The multi-million pound world of online gurus selling courses, coaching and get-rich-quick schemes — and the income they never declare. How YouTube's creator economy became one of the most profitable and least regulated shadow markets on the planet.

    The YouTube Guru Economy | Off The Books

  8. Jun 13

    AI Sherlocking | Off The Books

    How artificial intelligence is being used to hunt down tax evaders, benefit fraudsters and off-books businesses — and how the people running shadow economies are fighting back. The cat and mouse game between AI and the underground economy.

    AI Sherlocking | Off The Books
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Every economy has two sides. The one they show you — and the one that actually runs the world. Off The Books is a documentary podcast uncovering the hidden financial systems, shadow markets, and untold stories that never made it into the history books. New episodes every week.

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