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Tracey Samuelson

SHORT BIO

Tracey Samuelson is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

What was your first job?

Working in a bread store at the peak of the anti-carb movement.

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Cramming all the interesting information I find reporting into a few minutes.

In your next life, what would your career be?

ER doctor.

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Lots of stuff from Amazon.

What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?

That time I went to Hawaii ... on assignment.

Episodes by Tracey (14)

Marketplace Morning Report

Are you being crushed by student loan debt? Come on down!

Oct 11, 2019
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Who are the victims of economic abuse?

Oct 11, 2019
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Marketplace Tech

Does encryption help with privacy, or does it violate public safety?

Oct 9, 2019
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Marketplace Morning Report

The street cred of stealing an "Old Town Road" sign

Sep 11, 2019
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Reaching out to women to curb gun violence

Sep 11, 2019
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Marketplace Tech

What happens if the trade war hits the tech industry?

Jun 21, 2019
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Forced tech transfers happen. But how do they actually work?

Jun 20, 2019
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Facebook's crypto dream

Jun 19, 2019
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Marketplace Morning Report

The company town dealing with the Boeing fallout

Apr 5, 2019
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The cost of the crawl at the border

Apr 5, 2019
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Latest Stories (475)

Are we at economic war with China?

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 17, 2017
Déjà vu all over again? A Trump administration official has called a reporter up and had a very candid, shall we say, colorful conversation, which he maybe did, maybe didn’t think was on the record. This time, the official was White House chief strategist Steve Bannon who said: “We’re at economic war with China.” Bannon said […]
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Amazon is everywhere. Even in economic data.

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 15, 2017
Today the retail industry got a small piece of good news in the form of some data from July that was better than expected. The government announced this morning that retail sales last month were up 0.6 percent during the previous month and more than 4 percent from this time last year. Not bad for […]
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Negotiators get ready for NAFTA talks. How hard will it be?

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 14, 2017
Think about the hardest negotiation you’ve ever done — maybe over a salary or buying a house. Maybe some big deal at work. Those are like the simplest kiddie-puzzles compared with the 5,000 piece jigsaw that is a trade negotiation. Then, imagine you had to start all over once it was done, and maybe add […]
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Financial industry determined to kill the Fiduciary Duty Rule finds a profit line

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 11, 2017
Shouldn’t the person telling you what to do with your retirement accounts be legally required to act in your best interest? Sounds simple enough, but regulation to that affect has long been resisted by the financial industry. The Obama administration pushed for the so-called Fiduciary Duty Rule, but this week the Labor Department sought to […]
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It might be a good time to ask for a raise

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 10, 2017
A tighter labor market could shift the balance of power from employers to employees.
Chris Hondros/Getty Images
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Companies use ads to pitch issues over products

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 8, 2017
Tackling social problems in campaigns can be tricky. Just ask Pepsi.
Procter and Gamble's "The Talk."
Proctor & Gamble ad screen shot
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A Syrian refugee family confronts its future

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 9, 2016
They made it through the resettlement process. Now they must create new lives.
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Think you can't help Syrian refugees? Look at these folks

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 1, 2016
More relief agencies are turning to local community groups for help with refugees
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Why we're still talking about Glass-Steagall

by Tracey Samuelson
Jul 19, 2016
Republicans want to reinstate the Depression-era banking regulation.
Sen. Carter Glass and Rep. Henry B. Steagall, the co-sponsors of the Glass–Steagall Act.
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The evolving roles of US textile workers

by Tracey Samuelson
Jul 14, 2016
Trade and technology have changed this industry.
A Burlington Industries' worker inspects fabric at a finishing plant in North Carolina.
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