In this Money Talks: Journalist and author <a href="https://tarpleyhitt.net/about/">Tarpley Hitt</a> joins <a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck">Emily Peck</a> to discuss her new book <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Barbieland/Tarpley-Hitt/9781668031827">Barbieland: The Unauthorized History</a> which reveals the shady history behind the super-star doll. They’ll get into inventor Ruth Handler’s so-called "inspiration" by a popular German doll, Mattel’s industry spies and many, many lawsuits, and how Handler single-handedly prevented Nixon-era maternity leave policies. 
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