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Kristin Schwab

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Kristin Schwab is a reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Brooklyn, New York.

Before Marketplace, Kristin produced narrative and news podcasts for The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She teaches audio journalism at her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School.

Kristin also has a BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After performing with ballet and modern companies, she got her start in journalism as an editor at Dance Magazine. Kristin grew up in Minnesota and has been a bit reporting obsessed since watching the '90s PBS show "Ghostwriter" as a kid. Yes, she had one of those necklace pens and a marbled composition notebook.

Episodes by Kristin (32)

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Tupperware, Halloween candy, claw machines — oh my!

Oct 25, 2024
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Women deserve credit

Oct 21, 2024
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The economics of immigration

Sep 5, 2024
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Harris throws a bone to the business folks

Sep 5, 2024
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Who's still hiring?

Sep 4, 2024
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The politics of Fed independence

Aug 9, 2024
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This back-to-school season, "value" is at the top of America's shopping list

Aug 8, 2024
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Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?

Aug 7, 2024
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Why we freak out when the stock market freaks out

Aug 6, 2024
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“Chaotic,” “volatile,” “tumultuous”

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Marketplace Tech Blogs

Can technology make the census more accurate?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 31, 2017
The census influences how hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. Will reaching out online improve the response rate?
Forms for Census 2010 are displayed during an event April 1, 2010 in Washington, DC.
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How to protect your business from the latest cyber attack

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 26, 2017
Bad Rabbit ransomware has started spreading in the U.S.
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How venture capital works

Can you really make money while doing good?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 25, 2017
How impact investors hope to change the world while profiting from it.
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The economics of colonizing Mars

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 24, 2017
Would it be profitable? One science fiction writer isn't so sure.
An artist's conception of the Phoenix Mars lander on the red planet.
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Rihanna is filling a hole in the $430 billion beauty market

by Kristin Schwab
Oct 23, 2017
Fenty Beauty isn't just for white women or just for women of color — it's for everyone.
Pop star Rihanna worked for two years with Kendo, a beauty brand developer, to create her Fenty Beauty line.
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How social media brought political propaganda into the 21st century

by Molly Wood , Kristin Schwab and Stephanie Hughes
Oct 23, 2017
It's about more than audience reach.
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Congress' push to get self-driving cars on the road faster

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 20, 2017
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota discusses his bill to create national regulations for autonomous vehicles.
A driver presents a Cruising Chauffeur, a hands free self-driving system designed for motorways. 
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Your pension fund could be invested in tech

by Kristin Schwab , Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Oct 19, 2017
The money pool comes from universities, government entities and ultimately, you.
Universities investing in venture capital use endowments — that thing that funds scholarships. Above, a student walks near Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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How Apple and Android took over the smartphone market

by Kristin Schwab and Molly Wood
Oct 16, 2017
It won't be easy for another company to enter the field.
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Millions of Americans still unaware of the Equifax data hack

by Kristin Schwab and Jana Kasperkevic
Oct 12, 2017
Only a third of those who are aware have checked to see if their data was compromised.
Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee on October 3, 2017. Smith stepped down as CEO of Equifax last month after it was reported that hackers broke into the credit reporting agency and made off with the personal information of nearly 145 million Americans. 
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