Synopsis
Money, Explained (2021), Season 1 — watch online on iFILM, five episodes from Netflix. Each one picks a different corner of everyday finance and shows how the machinery inside it works: get-rich-quick scams, the true cost of credit card convenience, the US student debt spiral, how casinos exploit the brain's own wiring, and why a comfortable retirement now requires saving over a million dollars.
Barack Obama, Tiffany Haddish, Edie Falco and others narrate — the episodes stay sharp and specific without turning into economics seminars. If you've suspected that financial products are built to work against you more than for you, the data here largely backs that up.
Stream Money, Explained Season 1 online on iFILM.
5 episodes
S1·E1Get Rich Quick
Why do people keep falling for financial scams? Dive into the history of con artists and how technology makes it easier for these schemes to flourish.
S1·E2Credit Cards
The convenience of credit cards comes at a price. From the methods banks use to maximize profits to a debt myth debunked, take a look inside the system.
S1·E3Student Loans
Higher education helps society. But paying for it can be ruinous. What led to the U.S. student debt crisis, and is there a way to fix it?
S1·E4Gambling
Feeling lucky? Explore the ways our brains work against us when we're looking to beat the odds — and how the gambling industry takes advantage of it.
S1·E5Retirement
Retiring comfortably middle-class in America requires more than $1 million in savings. How did the dream of golden years leisure get so out of reach?
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