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Tony Wagner

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Tony Wagner is Marketplace's newsletter editor. He writes the daily email newsletter and edits several others, including Marketplace's Crash Courses.

Previously he was a digital producer who helped launch “Make Me Smart,” “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” After eight years at Marketplace headquarters in LA, he recently relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Let’s do the numbers: the U.S. relationship with Mexico

by Donna Tam and Tony Wagner
Aug 31, 2016
Donald Trump’s meeting with the Mexican president highlights the U.S.’s close ties with the neighboring country.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and US presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands after a meeting in Mexico City on August 31, 2016. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic.   
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Listen to Kai read Kanye West's poem about McDonald's

by Tony Wagner and Kai Ryssdal
Aug 22, 2016
We're lovin' it.
Customers eat at a McDonald's restaurant October 19, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Southern African countries are pushing to sell ivory again

by Tony Wagner
Aug 12, 2016
While some countries burn ivory in a show of conservation, others say they should be able to decide whether or not to sell it.
Kenya Wildlife Services rangers stand guard around illegal stockpiles of burning elephant tusks, ivory figurines and rhinoceros horns at the Nairobi National Park on April 30, 2016. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the world's biggest ivory bonfire after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to end 'murderous' trafficking and prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild. 
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Your guide to Clinton's economic address

by Tony Wagner
Aug 11, 2016
Here are the key lines, and our reporting on them.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets workers before delivering a speech on the U.S. economy at Futuramic Tool & Engineering on Thursday in Warren, Michigan.
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Your guide to Trump's economic address

by Tony Wagner
Aug 8, 2016
The key lines, and our reporting on them.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers an economic policy address detailing his economic plan at the Detroit Economic Club August 8, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. 
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Smoking rates are down, but that doesn't tell the whole story

by Tony Wagner
Aug 5, 2016
A government analysis found broad surveys are masking high smoking numbers among Korean-Americans and Puerto Ricans.
 
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Cargo shorts sales are sagging for the first time in a decade

by Tony Wagner
Aug 2, 2016
But we still buy $700 million worth a year, and the Wall Street Journal is on it.
So. Many. Pockets.
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How new CFPB proposals may affect the way debt collectors contact you

by Tony Wagner and Sarah Menendez
Jul 28, 2016
Less annoying phone calls?
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After seven years, the minimum wage is worth a lot less

by Tony Wagner
Jul 25, 2016
Depending on how to measure, the minimum wage should be closer to $12, or even $19.
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez offers a young girl a milkshake he made as he toured a Shake Shack restaurant in Washington in 2014 to promote raising the federal minimum wage.
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New report traces the gender pay gap from birth to the C-suite

by Tony Wagner and Lewis Wallace
Jul 20, 2016
Women's education doesn't close the wage gap with men, study says.
The often-referenced figure that women earn 79 cents for every dollar men do isn't the whole story.
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