If you've ever made a financial decision you regretted the next day, you're not alone. In fact, as the emerging field of behavioral economics reveals, you're practically hard-wired to overspend, an activity that lights up the brain's pleasure centers.
"Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions" uses a mix of humor, on-the-street interviews and provocative insights from innovative thinkers to explore why we spend, why we save (or don't) and how we think about money. Travel from Wall Street to Main Street, and from the halls of academia to the Santa Barbara wine country, to find out how our brains—and the marketplace—affect how we deal with money.
Now airing on public television stations nationwide in collaboration with American Public Television. Contact your local public television station to find out when the program will air, or to request an airing, in your community. The program is also distributed in Spanish through Vme-TV.
The full, hour-long documentary is available for online streaming from Maryland Public Television or order a free DVD today. The DVD includes both English and Spanish tracks.