What 'Mad Men' Teaches Us About Money

[Frank W. Baker]

Millions of Americans are addicted to "Mad Men," the AMC drama chronicling the lives of the people at ad agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Enthralling us over seven seasons are their mostly sordid sex lives, boozy business lunches, snazzy apartments, period clothes and finned Cadillacs.

Although money is rarely addressed, suck-up Bob Benson of season six (James Wolk) sums up their attitudes neatly: "They say money can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell buys everything else." Here's what else you can learn about money from the hit show, which wraps up this year.