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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.

Latest Stories (417)

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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Brexit

Traveling after Brexit means more than just a cheap UK vacation

by Tony Wagner
Jul 15, 2016
The post-Brexit vote exchange rate can be very lucrative for American travelers.
A terminal at Heathrow Airport in London.
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Line debuts about 30 percent higher than initial price

by Tony Wagner
Jul 14, 2016
The largest IPO of the year has just launched.
This photo taken on July 12, 2016 shows a customer entering the Line Friends shop in Tokyo's Harajuku district. Japan-based messaging app Line kicks off a dual New York-Tokyo stock listing later on July 14, 2016 after one of the year's biggest initial public offerings. The company, looking to expand on booming popularity among smartphone users in Asia, priced its shares at a top-of-the-range 3,300 yen (32 USD), suggesting strong demand for the sale. 
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Brands would like you to know they are also into "Pokemon Go"

by Tony Wagner
Jul 13, 2016
We've rounded up some of the best and worst examples of social media branding attempts.
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