Stacey Vanek Smith
Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money. She's also a correspondent for Planet Money, where she covers business and economics. In this role, Smith has followed economic stories down the muddy back roads of Oklahoma to buy 100 barrels of oil; she's traveled to Pune, India, to track down the man who pitched the country's dramatic currency devaluation to the prime minister; and she's spoken with a North Korean woman who made a small fortune smuggling artificial sweetener in from China.
Prior to coming to NPR, Smith worked for Marketplace, where she was a correspondent and fill-in host. While there, Smith was part of a collaboration with The New York Times, where she explored the relationship between money and marriage. She was also part of Marketplace's live shows, where she produced a series of pieces on getting her data mined.
Smith is a native of Idaho and grew up working on her parents' cattle ranch. She is a graduate of Princeton University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature and creative writing. She also holds a master's in broadcast journalism from Columbia University.
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Women have to work nearly 15 months to earn what a man earns in 12. And that's been true for decades.
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U.S. consumers had the highest savings rate on record in 2020 and credit card debt was plummeting. Now our savings is gone and debt is surging. What happened?
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Frost, floods, energy prices and Brexit are among the possible culprits in the shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli and lettuce in the U.K.
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Many British supermarkets are limiting sales of some fruits and vegetables as the U.K. is facing a shortage — attributed to a combination of weather, energy prices and trade politics.
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It's the biggest day of the year for the $8 billion global flower industry, but it's not all that profitable. Why? Blame the roses.
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The rose business on Valentine's Day is a mad rush of flowers grown and shipped from around the world. An intricate supply chain must come together to cap off a single day.
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After decades of being seen as a go-nowhere investment, investors are taking a shine to gold again.
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Eggs have roughly tripled in price in the last few years. Now a raft of competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food.
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Layoffs across the tech sector often leave immigrant workers with a narrow window to either find a new job or leave the country. This is the story of an AI specialist who was laid off from Instagram.
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Worker shortages, rising wages, unionization and automation. In 2022, Starbucks embodied all these trends in the workplace, perhaps more than any other company.