What’s the deal with inflation?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This week, Ryan and Bridget hear from a kid who can see the future! Or, at least, a kid who knows our dollars will be able to buy less stuff as time goes on. It’s all because of inflation, something that seems to have the grown-ups concerned. After traveling back in time to stock up on snacks, the pair get a chance to try to control runaway inflation … but their ideas don’t quite go as planned.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Ryan, what you watching? |
| 0:05.3 | It's one of my favorite holiday movies, The Man Who Saved Arbor Day. |
| 0:09.8 | It may be old and scratchy and black and white, but it's a classic. |
| 0:13.8 | Oh dear, how will we afford the Arbor Day turkey this year? |
| 0:18.3 | It costs 75 cents. |
| 0:20.2 | We don't have that kind of money. |
| 0:22.0 | We can't even afford 10 cents for Arbor Day Yams. |
| 0:25.5 | Perhaps your boss, Mr. Spendthrift could help us. |
| 0:28.4 | He's the richest man in town. |
| 0:30.3 | He has over a thousand dollars to his name. |
| 0:33.3 | But Mr. Spendthrift is the meanest man in town. |
| 0:37.2 | He didn't even offer to pay for my heart surgery, which cost four dollars. |
| 0:42.4 | So what is this movie about? |
| 0:44.6 | It's mostly the characters worrying about money and saying prices out loud. |
| 0:49.5 | But in a larger sense, it's about a man who's been cruel his whole life, suddenly deciding |
| 0:54.0 | to be a good person. |
| 0:55.8 | Here, let me fast forward to my favorite part. |
| 1:04.0 | Mr. Spendthrift. |
| 1:05.4 | Yes, it is I, Mr. Spendthrift. |
| 1:08.4 | And I'm here to save your Arbor Day celebration, with a 75 cent turkey, some 10 cent Yams, |
| 1:13.7 | your four dollar heart surgery. |
| 1:16.2 | Wow, things used to be cheap back then, eh? |
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