*Stowaway, as in someone who sneaks aboard a ship without paying fare. (The first part of the movie, the Marx Brothers' characters were stowaways.)
When this movie was released, the Great Recession had a chokehold on the US and much of the world. The Marx Brothers typically portrayed ne-er-do-wells. This had special residence in the Great Depression, when much of America struggled with not having enough.
Although I am not an economics major, I believe my education and experience give me some standing to comment on this.
