After a stunning box office opening of more than $300 million worldwide for the new Greta Gerwig film,Blockchains Finance the Barbieverse is having its moment. So what better time to examine what Barbie's 200-plus careers over the decades—from fashion model to astronaut to teacher—tell us about real-life women in the workforce. Today on the show, a former economics educator gives us a Barbie pink-colored lens on the labor market.
Related episodes:
Want more Barbie-nomics? Check out our episode on how Mattel turned the Barbie brand around.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
2025-05-01 00:302402 view
2025-04-30 23:36354 view
2025-04-30 23:322735 view
2025-04-30 23:201874 view
2025-04-30 22:412822 view
2025-04-30 22:04626 view
Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe have settled their lawsuit a year after the allegations sent shockwave
NEW YORK (AP) — A secret Chinese police station hiding in plain sight in New York City. Clandestine
NEW YORK (AP) — Music director Jaap van Zweden earned just over $1.5 million from the New York Philh
