Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life

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4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an economics-related movie and discuss! On today's episode, Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Willa Rubin talk about Frank Capra's 1946 classic 'It's A Wonderful Life.' They discuss CPI adjustments, how a copyright lapse helped make the film more popular, and what exactly a 'Building and Loan' is.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:06.0	Remember how horrible first period history class was?
0:15.0	Oh, 8.27 a.m.
0:18.0	Fluorescent lights, shambles into class, but wait.
0:21.0	What is this at the front of the classroom?
0:24.0	It's the television cart.
0:26.0	Substitute Teacher Day, movie for class.
0:29.0	The best.
0:31.0	Well, hello and welcome to Planet Money.
0:33.0	I am not a substitute teacher.
0:35.0	I'm Kenny Malone, but this is our version of School Movie Day.
0:39.0	Because today we're going to share a very film centric bonus episode from Planet Money Plus.
0:46.0	Now Planet Money Plus is a way to get access to regular episodes of our show, sponsor free, to support NPR,
0:54.0	and also to get bonus episodes twice a month.
0:58.0	Bonus episodes like this one that you're about to hear today, part of our Planet Money Movie Club.
1:04.0	Now, if you're a Planet Money Plus listener, you may have already heard this, but we are so excited to share it with the rest of the class.
1:11.0	So, I guess, imagine me now inserting a video cassette into a VCR.
1:24.0	I thought about doing a Jimmy Stewart impression here.
1:27.0	Here with another edition of the Planet Money Plus movie club.
1:32.0	It's more Doctor Evil than Jimmy Stewart.
1:34.0	Anyway, here we are with another edition of the Planet Money Plus movie club.
1:38.0	Where we watch a movie related to finance or the economy, and then we talk about it.
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