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Podcast: Our Interesting Times
Episode: Steve Penfield on It's a Wonderful Life & the War on Thrift
Description: Steve Penfield returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his article Itβs a Wonderful Lifeβ¦ to 'Buy Now and Pay Later.'We talk about how Frank Capra's 1946 classic film promoted easy credit, disparaged thrift and thus contributed to the postwar cultural conditioning that has led to the country's impending bankruptcy. Β