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David Brancaccio

Host and Senior Editor, Marketplace Morning Report

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David Brancaccio is host and senior editor of “Marketplace Morning Report.” There is a money story under nearly everything, but David often focuses on regulation of financial markets, the role of technology in labor markets, the history of innovation, digital privacy, sustainability, social enterprises and financial vulnerability in older adults. David freelanced for Marketplace in 1989 before becoming the program’s European correspondent based in London in 1990.

David hosted the evening program from 1993-2003, then anchored the award-winning public television news program “Now” on PBS after a period co-hosting with journalist Bill Moyers. David has co-produced and appeared in several documentaries, including “Fixing the Future,” about alternative approaches to the economy, and “On Thin Ice,” about climate change and water security, with mountaineer Conrad Anker. David is author of “Squandering Aimlessly,” a book about personal values and money. He enjoys moderating public policy discussions, including at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Chicago Ideas Week and the Camden Conference in Maine.

David is from Waterville, Maine, and has degrees from Wesleyan and Stanford universities. Honors include the Peabody, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University, Emmy and Walter Cronkite awards. He is married to Mary Brancaccio, a poet and educator. They have three offspring, all adults. He likes making beer and building (and launching) pretty big rockets. Among his heroes are Edward R. Murrow and Wolfman Jack.

Latest Stories (2,973)

The links among economic uncertainty, insecurity and inequality

Feb 17, 2025
Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project observes that a sense of precarity has spread to America's middle class.
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Scarcity vs. innovation: Revisiting the "scholarly wager of the decade"

The famous Ehrlich-Simon bet on the value of metals showed that prices fell as supply increased, despite population growth.
Despite massive population growth, inflation-adjusted prices for the mineral nickel are relatively unchanged since 1900. Above, a worker at an Indonesian nickel smelter.
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How blue state Republicans could shape Congressional legislation this year

Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives — and those from liberal states could throw their weight around.
New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis could be among the GOP leaders from a liberal state that could have massive sway in the House of Representatives.
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How families, and not just retirees, depend on Social Security

More and more children are living with older adults drawing Social Security.
Social Security payments are making a difference for children living with older adults.
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A Los Angeles-area developer gives advice on rebuilding after the fires

Feb 7, 2025
Waleed Delawari of Delawari Investment Group shares some of the lessons he's learned on what rebuilding a home might look like after the LA fires.
A crew member in a protective gear cleans up toxic debris from an Altadena home destroyed in the Eaton Fire.
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The Black artists who preceded — and inspired — the king of rock 'n' roll

Feb 5, 2025
Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King," looks at the Black artists who inspired Elvis, but who often were unable to profit as much off of their work.
Elvis Presley in 1960.
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Marketplace's David Brancaccio on community, loss and rebuilding in Altadena

"Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio and his wife lost their new home to one of the fires that ravaged Southern California recently. Here's what they've learned about rebuilding in the aftermath.
"Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio and his wife, Mary, are among those to lose their homes to recent fires in Altadena, California.
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Having a mentor when you're young has big economic returns

Data from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America shows that former mentees had higher salaries, better college attendance and healthier social bonds than others in their cohort.
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What it was like to work at a grocery store during peak COVID

Jan 23, 2025
For our Economic Pulse series, we're taking a closer look at essential workers' experiences during the height of the pandemic.
"We have an industry that employs millions of people to sell the rest of us food, and they can't feed themselves," said writer Ann Larson of grocery store workers.
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Unpacking some of Donald Trump's first executive orders

Jan 21, 2025
Trump promised tariffs on Day One. None have been announced so far.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders on Monday.
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