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Chris Farrell

Chris Farrell is economics editor of Marketplace Money, a nationally syndicated one-hour weekly personal finance show produced by American Public Media. Chris is also economics correspondent for Marketplace, the largest business program in broadcasting and chief economics correspondent for American RadioWorks, the largest producer of long-form documentaries in public radio. He is also contributing economics editor at Business Week magazine. He was host and executive editor of public television’s Right on the Money. He is the author of two books: Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances, and Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. Chris is a graduate of Stanford and the London School of Economics.

Latest from Chris Farrell

  • Question: Is it worthwhile for me to defer receiving Social Security benefits for a few years until I actually need them? I am started receiving…

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  • Question: I have paid off all my credit cards, and am now looking to work on one car loan and then my student loans after that. I am trying to…

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  • Justice is done.

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  • Jun 29, 2009

    "Febezzlement"

    I was doing research and I came on a talk given by Charles Munger, the long-time partner of Warren Buffett. I had read the speech given at the…

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  • Jun 27, 2009

    Getting debt help

    Question: My daughter recently lost her job in Las Vegas, NV, had to vacate an apartment & will be unable to complete the lease. She forfeited…

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  • Jun 27, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' personal finance questions about rental car insurance, credit checks for your child and paying down debt while unemployed.

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  • Question: My only debt after I sell my house will be a student loan. Here is the info on that loan:…

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  • Jun 25, 2009

    A lost decade?

    Economist Paul Krugman's worries that when the U.S. economy emerges from recession the recovery will be reminiscent of Japan's "lost decade". The…

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  • It's hard to tell where the bottom is when indicators are pointing in different directions. Steve Chiotakis asks economics correspondent Steve Farrell why he's able to look at the data and tell we're getting there.

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  • Jun 25, 2009

    IRA contributions

    Question: My 18 year old daughter is graduating high school and going on to college. She has had odd jobs, but has earned no more than $600. I…

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