A review of the “Money for Nothing” movie aired in the UK in 1993

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If “Money for Nothing” wasn’t a movie, it could easily be an economics lesson.

The main character of the movie is a student who has already shown a keen interest in economics and investing at the age of 16.

As early as 1993, when most people wouldn’t even imagine of owning a personal computer and using it, he has his own portfolio of shares and uses a computer to manage this portfolio.

When his economics teacher asks him to prepare a 2000-word assignment for homework, in which, he is required to discuss aspects of the real estate market, he instead has a bet with his best friend that he can become a millionaire in a week, starting out completely broke.

This is fully in line with the extreme optimism that was abundant in the 1990s, when it comes to financial matters, and also in life, in…