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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

  • A man makes flags in Mumbai, India, on 23 January 2019 before Indian Republic day i.e., 26th of January 2019.
    Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto/Getty Images

    India is the world’s fastest growing major economy, so how is unemployment at its highest in more than four decades?

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  • An app that measures customers' feet will be available on phones and in stores in July.
    Nike

    President Trump tells everyone to relax about tariffs. AI might be the right fit for the shoe industry. Russia makes a petroleum play in the Middle East.

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  • May 10, 2019

    Moscow fuel

    Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit family photo in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade.
    SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

    China promises to hit back over U.S. tariffs. Russia makes a petroleum play in the Middle East.

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  • A photo illustration shows a label inside an item of clothing reading "Made in China" in New York on May 09, 2019. - US and Chinese officials resumed crucial trade talks on thursday, trying to resolve a year-long dispute that was on the verge of escalating with new US tariffs. 
With US punitive tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods set to jump to 25 percent just after midnight, President Donald Trump said earlier on May 9, 2019 that an agreement remains "possible."
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

    The U.S. pulls the trigger on tariffs. India’s richest man gets a new toy (store). Netflix launches in Africa. And where is Anu Anand, anyway?

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  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards a plane before departing from London Stansted Airport, north of London, on May 9, 2019. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 9, 2019, put off a visit to Greenland, citing pressing business in Washington -- just two days after he also ditched a trip to Germany to fly to Iraq amid soaring tensions with Iran.
    MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

    Could the trade war trigger a recession? Britain has a coal-free week. States are cutting back on unemployment benefits.

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  • Uber launches its Jump electrical bike service in Brussels on April 25.
    HATIM KAGHAT/AFP/Getty Images

    What is the China-Uber connection? Trump’s budget gets graded. The key to rebuilding the Norte Dame is centuries old.

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  • A person shakes hand with a robot at the booth of IBG Automation during the Hanover Fair ('Hannover Messe') on April 23, 2018 in Hanover, northern Germany. - The Hanover technology fair runs until April 28, 2018, with Mexico as partner country.
    TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

    Will an 11th-hour deal prevent a trade war with China? People deal with the urban-rural, ride-hailing divide. To avoid being replaced by a robot, just take a pay cut.

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  • An old woman talks to busker in a Park in downtown Manhattan on March 14, 2019 in New York City. Notice the musician's Venmo sign.
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

    We’re one day closer to an all-out tariff war with China. Google’s I/O Conference kicks off. Buskers go cashless.

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  • Debt collectors could be texting you soon.
    Nattakorn Maneerat/iStock/Getty Images Plus

    Debt collectors could be texting you soon. South Africans head to the polls. Beijing makes giant strides on air pollution.

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  • Smoke rises from the cooling towers of Cottam coal-fired power station, owned by EDF beyond a field of rapeseed near Darlton, east England on April 17, 2015.
    OSCARFF/AFP/Getty Images

    Iran makes nuclear demands. The U.K. quits coal. A cyclone relief operation takes place in India.

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