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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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Trump's Second Term

In a Trump immigration crackdown, there will be losers and winners

by David Brancaccio , Elizabeth Trovall and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 25, 2024
Labor shortages may fuel inflation and hurt construction and food service. Some U.S.-born workers, along with the detention industry, may gain.
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A quick civics refresher: What's the budget reconciliation process again?

by David Brancaccio , Kimberly Adams , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 24, 2024
With slim majorities, the GOP will likely lean on the budget reconciliation process starting next year. But what is that exactly?
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What’s That Like?

When balancing is in the job description

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 20, 2024
Flouber Sanchez is a third-generation circus performer who has been doing high wire performances for nearly two decades.
After about 28 years of performing on a wire 30 feet in the air, Flouber Sanchez has no plans to slow down.
Courtesy Cirque Du Soleil
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Life's a circus for this Cirque du Soleil wardrobe head

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 19, 2024
Alexandra Mancini works as head of wardrobe for Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA, where she maintains and constructs roughly 1,200 costume pieces.
The cast of Cirque du Soleil KOOZA in August 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
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The perfect career for this art and science lover? A medical illustrator

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 6, 2024
Vinald Francis has a love of both art and science. Now, he works as a medical illustrator for textbooks and doctor's office posters.
Medical illustrators play a major role in making science a little more digestible, with far reaching implications.
Courtesy Vinald Francis
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Economic Pulse

Has financial insecurity replaced upward mobility in the U.S. economy?

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 4, 2024
And will any of that change in an economy under the next Trump administration?
"We've been taught the story about the deserving rich and the undeserving poor for generations," said Alissa Quart. "This idea that we're doing this all on our own is a fiction."
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Just how much does poor management cost worldwide? $8.8 trillion a year

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 2, 2024
Next year, one in 10 in managers will be Gen Zers. How can companies prepare a new class of managers for success?
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Econ Extra Credit with David Brancaccio

New film follows Amazon union efforts, challenges for labor ahead

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Nov 22, 2024
Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize more than two years ago. Amazon still has not met them at the bargaining table.
Union organizer Christian Smalls speaks following the April 1, 2022, vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York.
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How one female CEO landed angel investments

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Nov 19, 2024
Rosina Samadani is the CEO of Oculogica, a medical device company that has created a new way to diagnose concussions.
"The eyes are a window to how well the brain is working and functioning," said Oculogica CEO Rosina Samadani.
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Closing the gender gap in angel investing

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Nov 18, 2024
How women-owned companies are getting vital seed funding.
20 years ago, women-led companies represented only about 3% of all the companies that got this funding, said Loretta McCarthy. "Fast forward to 2023, that number has grown to about 45%."
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