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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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The state with the best economy is voting today

by Tony Wagner
May 17, 2016
Oregonians head to the polls amidst the state's glowing financial health. How'd it get here?
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Central Oregon Community College in support of democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on May 5, 2016, in Bend, Oregon.
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Without energy, West Virginia's economy is flat, and that's a problem

by Tony Wagner
May 9, 2016
Relatively few West Virginians work in coal mines, but those that do have nowhere to go.
A man buys a hat before a rally for Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Charleston, West Virginia on Thursday.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
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The streaming war is running out of Beyoncés

by Tony Wagner
May 6, 2016
It seems streaming exclusives are a thing now, but how well do they actually work?
Beyonce attends the Met Gala on May 2, 2016, in New York City.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com
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Indiana's manufacturing troubles were good for Trump

by Tony Wagner
May 3, 2016
The Hoosier state is built on manufacturing. Layoffs fed into the populist tone of this election, even though the sector is healthy.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made layoffs in Indiana central to his campaign there.
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This city in Germany put blinking lights on the sidewalk because you won't stop looking at your phone

by Tony Wagner
Apr 27, 2016
If people people won't look where they're going, put the stoplight on the ground.
A workplace sign in Germany warns of so-called "smombies" — walkers distracted by their smartphones. 
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What it was like to live in Prince's backyard

by Tony Wagner
Apr 21, 2016
For one Minneapolis music writer, Prince was "like a shadow that looms over everything else that's ever happened here."
A man touches the Prince star on the wall outside the First Avenue nightclub Thursday in Minneapoli. Prince died earlier today at his Paisley Park compound at the age of 57.
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Zika virus scares off travelers — for now

by Tony Wagner
Apr 20, 2016
People won't stop traveling, 'they'll just go other places.'
People gather on Copacabana beach, a landmark tourist destination in Rio, on February 26, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Zika virus outbreak, which may be linked to a surge in microcephaly cases in the country, is threatening tourism in Brazil which expects to profit from hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors travelling to Rio de Janeiro during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak, centered in Brazil, to be a 'public health emergency of international concern'.
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When do airlines decide to kick people off planes?

by Tony Wagner
Apr 18, 2016
Several incidents have resulted in airlines removing people from planes, but the reasons why weren't always clear.
Security check-point lines stretch well in the baggage claim area 19 October 2001 at Denver International Airport.
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Fact-check: Do millennials want more texting at the movies?

by Tony Wagner
Apr 15, 2016
AMC's CEO thought maybe they did, until the internet shut him down.
A family buys tickets for a movie showing at the empty American Movie Center complex September 6, 2000 in Miami, Florida. 
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It's surprisingly hard to figure out what big banks spend to follow the rules

by Tony Wagner
Apr 13, 2016
But even if we did, would it matter?
A man walks past JP Morgan Chase's corporate headquarters in New York City.
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