If you can't get the viral tune "I'm looking for a man in finance, with a trust fund, 6' 5", blue eyes," out of your head this week, you might be somewhat interested in economics.
That, or you just are partial to a catchy TikTok video doing the rounds on the internet.
Either way, finances are on our minds at the moment as the world finds itself in the midst of an economic crisis. So even if you don't closely follow ~merges and acquisitions~ chances are over the past year or two you've been a bit more closely tuned in to things like interest rate hikes, inflation, and budgeting.
One of the most interesting stories to come out of the finance world in recent years has been the disruption made by a group of amateur investors who went toe-to-toe with stock exchange bigwigs to make some serious money.
This David vs Goliath story went beyond the confines of the finance world and became front-page news — perhaps people were ready to get behind a movement where the little guy took a slice of the pie from the one percenters? Well, this epic tale has now been made into a movie called Dumb Money and it low-key looks like it'll be an intriguing deep dive into the finance sector.
What is Dumb Money about?
Hark back to 2021 and we were all still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic with no end in sight. With many parts of the world in lockdown, we were all a little more online than usual so people had time to cook up masterful plans to disrupt the status quo. I mean, I mostly baked banana bread and watched Vanderpump Rules but I guess we all had our own way of getting through the days at home.