From the end of the recession in 2009 through 2011 (the last year for which Census Bureau wealth data are available), the 8 million households in the U.S. with a net worth above $836,033 saw their aggregate wealth rise by an estimated $5.6 trillion, while the 111 million households with a net worth at or below that level saw their aggregate wealth decline by an estimated $0.6 trillion.1
This week I'm recommending The Blue Gardenia (1953) starring Anne Baxter and directed by the great Fritz Lang. You might know Lang's work in his more famous work The Big Heat, but this is one my Lang favorites. This is one of what I call a "Why not?" films. As in, why not watch it despite it not being a truly film noir jump off and more of an early 50's style mystery. However, Anne Baxter is young and beautiful which is good enough for me. And there's a special cameo by Nat King Cole!