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Alex Schroeder

"Marketplace Morning Report" Producer

Alex is a producer for the “Marketplace Morning Report.” He's based in Queens, New York. Alex joined Marketplace in 2020, working as MMR's digital producer. After a little over a year, he became the show's overnight producer, getting up far before the crack of dawn to put together the day's newscasts with the host and team. Now, he works daylight hours, preparing interviews for the following morning and producing long-term specials and series. Before Marketplace, Alex worked on several national public radio shows produced out of WBUR in Boston. He was both a radio and digital producer with “On Point,” “Here & Now” and “Only a Game.” Alex also worked at The Boston Globe after graduating from Tufts University. Alex's interests outside of work tend to fall into one of two categories: film or soccer. (Come on Arsenal!) He’s always looking for ways to cover the economics of entertainment and sports on the “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Alex Schroeder

  • India’s migrant workers want to return home
    Photo by Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Unemployment in India has risen to 24% with migrant workers facing an uncertain future. Imaging the future of retail, restaurants in Lithuania use vacant seating to make a catwalk of a different kind for local clothing stores.

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  • Amazon has hired more than 175,00 people during the pandemic. What's it like starting a new job there right now?
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    From taking a position at an Amazon warehouse, to interviewing in a face mask, to onboarding over Zoom, a survey of how people are finding and maintaining new jobs.

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  • People with children are being disproportionately hit with job losses, and of course those children are home now.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Some people are starting to get rehired as states reopen, but, overall, we’re not hiring enough to offset the extraordinary magnitude of job losses. The history of the U.S. unemployment benefits system. And, Disney World’s plan to reopen this summer.

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  • President Trump's executive order could make social media platforms responsible for everyone's posts, including his.
    Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

    Trump is to order a review of the law that excuses social media platforms from liability for what users post.

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  • The argument for a federal jobs program
    Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

    Since the lockdowns began, more than 30 million Americans have gotten approval to receive unemployment benefits, but many more are still trying to get filed and approved. Plus, reimagining the economy after COVID-19 with a federal jobs program.

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  • Venezuela's oil industry is struggling to provide enough fuel.
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    People in Venezuela will have to pay to refuel as vital oil supplies arrive from Iran. Hong Kong residents worry as China passes a controversial security law. Nissan will stop making cars in Barcelona.

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  • Consumer sentiment is near the lowest level in nearly a decade.
    Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

    Consumer sentiment plunged 19% in April. Yet the stock market is up. What do these contrasting trends mean? The launch of HBO Max. The future of manufacturing. In buildings closed by COVID-19, stagnant water can become dangerous.

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  • Gary Cohn argues it’s time to move from the immediate economic response to the COVID-19 emergency and switch to promoting a recovery that sticks.
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    Gary Cohn is frustrated with partisanship surrounding what the federal government should do next over the economy during COVID-19. Plus, fast food employees in Chicago have filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, asking for stricter health standards.

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  • Cities are encouraging workers to commute by bike to aid social distancing
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    Governments hope biking commuters will ease pressure on public transport and lower pollution. The European Commission unveils a fresh COVID-19 rescue plan. Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi collaborate to cut costs. 

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  • Markets are up on the first day since late March that brokers are on the NYSE trading floor.
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    The new safety rules at the NYSE. The S&P hits 3,000. Home prices see their biggest jump in a year. The German government has agreed to pay $10 billion to keep the country’s flagship airline from collapsing.

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