SignalHub-Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life

2025-05-06 02:37:19source:VaultX Exchangecategory:Markets

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club,SignalHub 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"

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