Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions (2014) [G]

Release Date:
October 16, 2014

Original Title:
Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
Rocket Media Group

Ratings / Certifications:
US: G 

Runtime: 57

Thinking Money is an hour-long exploration on public television of what behavioral economics has to tell us about how and why we spend, save (or don't) and think about money. It presents some of the country's most innovative thinkers who mix economics with psychology. Their experiments and insights into our financial behavior enlighten and often amuse as we learn to recognize how both our brains and the marketplace can trick us into spending money we shouldn't. The program explores a whole raft of techniques, apps, websites and ways of thinking that help us to save for the types of things that make our lives more secure: emergency funds, our kids' education, and ultimately our comfortable retirements. A mix of fascinating theory and practical takeaways, Thinking Money is designed to decrease the stress and increase the bandwidth in not just our finance, but our whole lives.

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Additional Photography:
Dennis Boni

Assistant Camera:
Andy Kuester

Cinematography:
Stefan Wiesen

Coordinating Producer:
Skip Coblyn
Leslie Ralston-Rakow

Director:
Tom Feliu

Editor:
Scott Snider

Executive Producer:
Ward LeHardy

Producer:
John Greco

Sound:
Charles Sovek

Sound Recordist:
Jonathan Cohen

Writer:
John Greco

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