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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

  • Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize winner, zombie slayer
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    Airlines suspend flights in and out of China as coronavirus grinds the country to a halt. How Tesla turned things around in a year. Plus, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman thinks some ideas should just stay dead.

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  • WUHAN, CHINA - JANUARY 27: (CHINA-OUT) A woman walks on an empty road on January 27, 2020 in Wuhan, China. As the death toll from the coronavirus reaches 80 in China with over 2700 confirmed cases, the city remains on lockdown for a fourth day. (Photo by Getty Images)

    Chinese citizens express their worries over jobs and price hikes during the Coronavirus outbreak. Apple’s results tempered by concern about factories in Wuhan.

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  • The U.S Federal Reserve started pumping more dollars into the U.S. financial system, one reason the dollar has weakened.
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    Markets adjust to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Federal Reserve’s group in charge of interest rates gets new members in the new year. Nick Kristof expounds the virtues of taking an economics class.

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  • Crowdsourcing Econ 101
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    American firms doing business in China are learning how to navigate the coronavirus outbreak as the government limits people’s movements. Exploring a new economics textbook for the real world.

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  • Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam (C) takes part in a press conference while wearing a facemask in Hong Kong on January 28, 2020, to update the territory on the situation concerning the SARS-like virus that has infected at least eight in the city and killed at least 106 people in mainland China. - Eight people are known to have the disease in Hong Kong, which of those, six arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects the city to the mainland. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Travel from mainland China to Hong Kong will be restricted as new cases of coronavirus are reported. The U.K. debates whether to ban telecom giant Huawei from its 5G infrastructure. Could free public transport convince people to ditch their cars?

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  • Kobe Bryant attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 5, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. He won an Academy Award in 2018 for his contributions to “Dear Basketball,” an animated short.
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    The effects of coronavirus on the markets. Apple’s upcoming earnings report. Kobe’s business forays away from basketball.

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  • Players for the Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm reach for a rebound during a game at in Los Angeles, California in 2019.
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    China extends the holiday to fight coronavirus. Tax season begins. Also, we break down the WNBA’s new deal.

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  • Commuters in a Hong Kong subway station wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Chinese New Year on Jan. 23.
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    Chinese companies tell workers to stay at home. India’s government looks to sell stake in Air India. The carbon footprint of social media. 

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  • A “good” economy does not equality make
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    The IMF warns inequality and lower trade pose risks to the global economy. European markets are on the upswing. A Danish study finds that offering parental leave is actually good for business.

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  • Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray poses in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels on January 23, 2020.
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    The spread of coronavirus puts a damper on travel plans for Lunar New Year in China. The Trump Administration goes after birth tourism. The U.K.’s tech startup industry seems immune to Brexit anxiety.

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