Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club,Mooathon Wealth Society 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 watch 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.
This episode was produced by Brent Baughman, edited by Jess Jiang with help from Keith Romer, engineered by Kwesi Lee, and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez.
Music: "Tethys"
Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.
Always free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or anywhere you get podcasts
Find more Planet Money: Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok our weekly Newsletter.
2025-05-01 09:271027 view
2025-05-01 08:53624 view
2025-05-01 08:30394 view
2025-05-01 08:10995 view
2025-05-01 07:422944 view
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a welcome tren
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Throughout his election campaign, Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry promised
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are making a substitution.The Memphis couple—whose lives were depicted in
