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Erika Soderstrom

"Marketplace Morning Report" Associate Producer

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Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

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"Telemarketers"

Inside the world of immigration scams

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 20, 2023
From faux English language programs to government impersonators, here's how criminals are targeting immigrants.
Complicated immigration law creates an opportunity for bad actors.
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Sociologist explains how the workplace can uphold racist practices

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 17, 2023
Overt racism in the workplace is illegal, but that doesn’t mean work is equitable.
Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield discusses how the gray areas of work can harm people of color.
Courtesy Harvey Wingfield
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Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin on remote work's potential to narrow gender pay gaps

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 13, 2023
Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics, discusses the impact of care responsibilities disproportionately falling on women.
"It's not just the person who has the greater care responsibilities who is giving up something," said Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin, "but it's the other person who is living a life of the high-flyer, but is not going to see his child take her first step."
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The economic impact of Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Meredith Garretson
Oct 5, 2023
What developments in the House could mean for a potential government shutdown, funding for Ukraine and more.
With Kevin McCarthy being removed as speaker of the House of Representatives, the chances of a government shutdown in November have increased, according to Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group.
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Is an empty canvas still art? 

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Sep 28, 2023
One Danish artist seems to think so, but now he’s paying for it.
A person views a canvas that's part of Jens Haaning's "Take the Money and Run" work at the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.
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"City of Gold"

How to act as a responsible foodie

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Sep 27, 2023
Diners have a responsibility to learn about the history of restaurants and the people behind them, says professor and author Pascale Joassart-Marcelli.
"I think that foodies have a responsibility ... to educate themselves and to reflect on the impacts of the consumption," said professor Pascale Joassart-Marcelli.
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Settling the Bill

The tipped minimum wage has origins in slavery

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Sep 19, 2023
And that legacy means a worker can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour at the federal level.
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The UAW strike is also about EVs and the future of auto industry jobs

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Ariana Rosas
Sep 15, 2023
So far, the UAW is holding a limited strike at three plants across three states.
Members of the UAW began striking last night at a select few factories and plants across the Midwest.
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August 15th is Mothers' Equal Pay Day this year

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 14, 2023
In other words, it takes eight extra months for working mothers to finally catch up to what fathers made in 2022.
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"Beanie Mania"

Why the Beanie Baby bubble burst

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 10, 2023
According to the "Beanie Meanie," a collectibles and antiques expert who was skeptical of the craze all along.
At the height of the Beanie Baby craze, people were making average profits of 500%. Then, as with all investment bubbles, came a crash.
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