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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: I am trying to decide between two different graduate schools: a state school and a private college. Both have good, well respected…

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  • May 13, 2009

    Education reform

    Anyway who is geneuinely worried about inequality, poverty, equality of opportunity and economic growth has to focus on two primary issues:…

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  • An important new study looks into homeownership, minorities and immigrants over the past decade and a half. In Through Boom and Bust: Minorities,…

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  • The earned-income tax credit is the country's most successful and largest anti-poverty program for working families. For instance, the EITC is…

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  • Question: WE OWE 3 mortgages at 5.3755% 6.25% 6.98% for three different homes. Would we be qualified to refi under the HOME AFFORDABLE REFINANCE…

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  • May 12, 2009

    A bond ladder

    Question: I am 42 and have never ventured beyond CD's so obviously my tolerance for risk is very low; I don't like anything I don't understand -…

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  • May 11, 2009

    Intangible assets

    A sign of the increasing importance of intangible assets in the economy?…

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  • Question: My son graduated in December in one of the worst economic times. He was fortunate to land and entry level job in his field with an…

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  • May 9, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' pressing questions about paying off mortgages by retirement, what to do when companies stop 401K contributions and how to choose a financial planner.

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  • May 9, 2009

    Straight Story

    Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell talk about the current state of the economic crisis and how it compares to financial crises of the past.

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