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Alex Schroeder

"Marketplace Morning Report" Producer

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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 Stories (405)

Checking up on the buzzing non-alcoholic beverage industry

"I went in really wanting to make a deal," said Megan Klein, founder of non-alcoholic beverage company Little Saints, of her experience on "Shark Tank."
What a difference two years makes ... especially for the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

Trump wants German carmakers to "become American car companies." How would that work exactly?

Incentives for German automakers to build vehicles here — or penalties for imports — could inspire a shift in operations.
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Will employers opt to help workers pay down student loans?

Research found that average retirement balances were lower for people paying off student loans compared to those who weren't making the payments.
"It’s likely now that with payments resuming, the negative impact on retirement savings will also resume," said Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.
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Nobel laureate Simon Johnson on AI and the workforce

Johnson's work focuses on how institutions shape economies.
Nobel laureate Simon Johnson during a press conference on Monday.
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Explaining the racial gap in stock market investment

New research finds that inequities in unemployment risk can explain some of the racial gap in stock market investment.
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Is private equity in trouble?

Trader Jared Dillian says PE firms are having problems exiting their investments, and he worries that the sector poses systemic risk.
Blackstone, helmed by CEO Stephen Schwarzman, is one of the world's top private equity firms.
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A "temperature check" on U.S.-China economic relations

We talked with Jay Shambaugh of the Treasury Department, leader of the most recent U.S.-China Economic Working Group meeting.
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A dockworkers strike is days away. What would it mean for the economy?

The deadline for negotiations between the union representing dockworkers and the ports is next week.
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The high-end art market is tanking. And that's ... a good thing?

Yes, according to critic Blake Gopnik. When the market was thriving, he says, "the art was just unbelievably terrible."
The art market is in a correction phase, says critic Blake Gopnik. According to him, price and quality weren't closely related.
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Generic drugs in the U.S. face new economic pressures 40 years on

The generic drug industry in the U.S. has saved people billions and billions of dollars. But it faces new economic pressure today.
"Economists told me that now the prices of some drugs are almost too cheap," explained reporter and producer Leslie Walker.
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