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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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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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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)

How much U.S. debt is too much?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 16, 2018
Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.
The United States could simply make more money to pay its bills, said Stephanie Kelton, an economics professor at Stony Brook University. But taken to an extreme, that could lead to higher inflation.
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Here are some reasons why China's currency is sinking

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 10, 2018
One U.S. dollar today is worth about 9.92 Chinese yuan. That’s down nearly 10 percent from where it was last spring. That drop has the attention of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said Wednesday he wants to make sure China is not doing “competitive devaluations.” That’s when a country seeks an advantage by making its […]
An employee counts 100-yuan notes at a bank in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on July 23, 2018.
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The high economic toll of mental illness

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 10, 2018
Costs are often indirect, such as not being able to work.
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How real is that Sunday NAFTA deadline?

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 26, 2018
We'll have an answer by Monday morning...
Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with reporters as she arrives for a meeting at the US Trade Representative's office Sept. 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Divided Decade

Following the money: What happened to a nearly $17 billion bank settlement?

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 19, 2018
We break down how a fine is distributed.
A flag flies outside the Bank of America Corporate Center June 30, 2005 in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Trade showdown

Trump imposes tariffs on $200 billion more of Chinese goods

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 17, 2018
The tariffs will start at 10 percent and rise to 25 percent starting Jan. 1.
President Donald Trump speaks in July at U.S. Steel's Granite City Works plant in Granite City, Illinois. U.S. Steel credits Trump's plan to impose tariffs on imported steel with enabling it to restart idled furnaces.
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Here's the problem with low, low unemployment

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 13, 2018
Unemployment in the United States currently stands at the low, low 3.9 percent. What’s not to like? A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston argues that, historically, a low unemployment rate can signal trouble for the economy. It seems there is some danger in too much employment. Click the audio player above […]
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Divided Decade

Why Lehman still exists 10 years after its collapse

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 10, 2018
The investment bank's failure triggered nearly 80 bankruptcy proceedings involving hundreds of its subsidiaries.
An employee poses with part of a Lehman Brothers sign at Christie's auction house in London in 2010.
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Can Congress even approve a U.S.-Mexico trade deal that leaves out Canada?

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 28, 2018
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland was back in Washington on Tuesday, rejoining NAFTA negotiations with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer after weeks on the sidelines. The United States and Mexico have sketched out the beginnings of an agreement, and the question now is whether Canada can be brought into the deal. On Monday, President Donald […]
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the media Aug. 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. Freeland arrived in Washington to rejoin trilateral trade negotiations, after interrupting a trip to France, Germany and Ukraine. 
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Reruns can still mean revenue for canceled shows

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 23, 2018
"The Big Bang Theory" will likely remain a moneymaker even after its run on CBS ends.
Actors Mayim Bialik, left, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki from "The Big Bang Theory" attend The Paley Center for Media's 33rd Annual Paleyfest at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in 2016.
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