Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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Jan 28, 2021
The U.S. economy did indeed shrink in 2020
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Plus, Apple says it will roll out changes to privacy notifications for apps tracking user behavior. And, how President Biden’s executive order intended to boost the amount of American-made goods the federal government buys might affect small businesses.
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Jan 28, 2021
Gamifying investing can have real-life consequences
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The GameStop, AMC and other short squeezes on their own aren’t necessarily that disruptive, says one business school professor. He said there’s a broader trend about the “gamification of finance” that’s more alarming. Plus, what Fed Chair Jerome Powell had to say about the stock market, the housing market and more.
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Jan 28, 2021
Are we ready for the largest vaccine distribution operation ever?
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UNICEF is preparing to distribute 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year. Plus, the “Reddit rally” which saw GameStop shares soar is spreading beyond Wall Street.
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Jan 27, 2021
For-profit prisons fall out of favor
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Biden cracks down on the private prison industry by executive order. Plus, a push to reopen the Obamacare enrollment window during the pandemic. Also, a quick explainer on what’s happening with GameStop’s stock. And, we’ll learn today if Apple was able to keep up its strong pandemic performance.
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Jan 27, 2021
How hard it can be to keep college costs down
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One example of the lengths to which a family will go to in order to pay for a college education — or, in this case, how far people will go to save money on that education. And, U.S. sales for Starbucks have taken a hit. But the company is optimistic over increasing sales in China.
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Jan 27, 2021
A standoff in Europe over vaccine distribution intensifies
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AstraZeneca has rejected EU claims that it was sending vaccines intended for the bloc to other countries. Plus, U.K. college students stage a rent strike over housing they don’t need during pandemic restrictions.
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Jan 27, 2021
Inside one family’s journey to find an affordable college
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The long road to a merit scholarship included 30 applications and 90 admissions essays.
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Jan 26, 2021
Picking (and paying for) the right college
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When there’s pressure from everyone around you to get your child into an elite college, are you really going to stop and ask: “Wait, what can we afford?” New York Times columnist Ron Lieber has some tips to help think it through. And, Biden’s coming executive moves on climate.
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Jan 26, 2021
Organized crime is draining unemployment
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California officials say organized criminal rings and identity thieves stole billions of dollars in jobless benefits during 2020. Plus, the share of the U.S. workforce represented by unions increased last year. And, why paying for college can be too often be driven by emotion rather than data.
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Jan 26, 2021
In Italy, you can resign as prime minister and still come back as the next leader
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To build a new coalition government, Giuseppe Conte would need to resolve disagreement over how to spend EU COVID-19 recovery funds. Plus, a farm reform tractor rally turns violent in India. And, unequal vaccine distribution could cost $9 trillion for the global economy.
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