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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

  • Jun 16, 2009

    Assume a mortgage

    Question: I own a house in Tennessee. An investor offered to buy the house by keeping my mortgage in place in order to save him the cost of getting…

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  • Remember the famous career advice scene in the 1967 movie The Graduate? A businessman buttonholes Benjamin Braddock, the recent college graduate…

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  • Jun 13, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' pressing questions about rent-to-own properties, the credit card reform bill, and saving for health care after retirement.

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  • Jun 13, 2009

    Straight Story

    Economics editor Chris Farrell
    American Public Media

    Economics editor Chris Farrell remembers lessons learned from late economic consultant and historian Peter Bernstein, who died June 5 at the age of 90.

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  • Bud Hebeler of Analyzenow.com sent out a note about a presentation he gave at a real estate seminar. I'm a big fan of his website and conservative…

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  • Question: I was part of a "downsizing" in late January from an IT software vendor in New York City. During my tenure at the firm I was contributing…

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  • Question: I have repeatedly heard what you confirmed last week: Closing a credit card can negatively impact your credit score. The obvious question…

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  • Question: hey guys. someone had written in with a question recently, asking Chris if they should pay cash up front for a Townhouse, or take out a…

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  • The Fed's Beige Book findings out yesterday suggested the recession was loosening. Are we closer to recovery now? Steve Chiotakis explores whether the job market is stabilizing with economics correspondent Chris Farrell.

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  • Here is my puzzlement. First, we live in an era when everyone from the President to the head of the local Chamber of Commerce realizes that human…

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