A recent paper surveyed economics instructors and asked the question, what movies do you use in class? The number one movie was Mary Poppins. In fact, it was being taught and watched for its famous scene regarding bank runs. One of our goals here is to give you Dear Planet Money Plus listeners the tools to explain as much economics about this movie to your family as possible. Whelan: I think we have to start with the most obvious thing that we're going to need to talk about, which is, of course, this famous bank run scene.
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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