How to make switching jobs not terrifying - The Indicator from Planet Money

The U.S. labor market is stagnant right now, with little hiring and lots of people holding onto their jobs for dear life. In Denmark, there’s a different kind of labor system where it’s easy for employers to hire and fire, but at the same time people have a strong safety net in-between jobs. Today on the show, we learn how “flexicurity” works through the story of a Danish woman who left her job, and we ask how the model could work in the U.S. Related episodes: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/nx-s1-5573115/why-do-we-live-in-unusually-innovative-times"target="_blank" >Why do we live in unusually innovative times? </a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/28/nx-s1-5587923/how-marxism-went-from-philosophy-to-cudgel"target="_blank" >How Marxism went from philosophy to cudgel </a><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/07/26/g-s1-13534/ozempic-biggest-side-effect-denmark-pharmastate"t...