Current：Home > InvestA lesson in Barbie labor economics -StockSource
A lesson in Barbie labor economics
View
Date：2025-04-19 21:22:15
After a stunning box office opening of more than $300 million worldwide for the new Greta Gerwig film, 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.
veryGood！ (14)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Vonage customers to get nearly $100 million in refunds over junk fees
- Tropical Storm Pilar heads toward El Salvador and is expected to bring heavy rain to Central America
- Open enrollment starts this week for ACA plans. Here's what's new this year
- Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
- Golden Bachelor’s Sandra Mason Reacts to Criticism Over Missing Daughter’s Wedding for the Show
- Are attention spans getting shorter (and does it matter)?
- Albuquerque’s annual hot air balloon fiesta continues to grow after its modest start 51 years ago
- Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
- Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem?
Ranking
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- House GOP unveils $14.3 billion Israel aid bill that would cut funding to IRS
- Matthew Perry's family releases statement thanking fans following star's death
- The UAW says its strike ‘won things no one thought possible’ from automakers. Here’s how it fared
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Chinese factory activity contracts in October as pandemic recovery falters
- Flavor Flav goes viral after national anthem performance at Milwaukee Bucks game: Watch
- Colorado continues freefall in NCAA Re-Rank 1-133 after another loss
Recommendation
Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai
Progressive 'Bernie Brew' owner ordered to pay record $750,000 for defaming conservative publisher
Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Honolulu, US Army use helicopters to fight remote Oahu wildfire
Georgia sheriff announces 11 arrests on charges involving soliciting minors for sex online
Federal judge blocks California law banning gun shows at county fairs