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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Bar in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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    The coronavirus continues to affect travel. What to expect from the Bank of England. How African beer sales may help Diageo weather trade uncertainty.

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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.
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    Boeing is among the companies with newfound interest from investors. Economist Daniel Susskind warns automation could bring unprecedented levels of inequality.

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  • 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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