All I want for Christmas is you… you, or a gender-neutral doll. Perhaps from a self-checkout?
The economics of Christmas music, gender-neutral dolls come to Canada and why self-checkouts might lead to more theft.
We look at the economics of Christmas music, plus are you more apt to steal at a self-checkout?
The holiday magic behind holiday music and how the proven money maker that is the Christmas album banks on nostalgia and happy times.
Paul Haavardsrud talks with musician Hawksley Workman and Chris Molanphy, host of the podcast Hit Parade, about the business of Christmas music. And yes, Mariah Carey does come up.
- CBC Radio's business and economics show, Cost of Living, moves to a new timeslot on CBC Radio One starting FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 at 11:30 a.m.
Mattel launches a line of gender-neutral dolls - and Canadian toy store shelves are getting them first.
Plus the CBC's Jennifer Keene tells us more about how our behaviour at the self-checkout can tell us more about our morals when we're being watched, versus when we aren't.
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