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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

  • May 2, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell answer listeners' pressing questions about using securities to pay off debt, taking out an equity line of credit and whether veritable annuities are a good idea.

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  • May 2, 2009

    Dividend funds

    Question: Hey Chris, I'm just finishing up my second year at Wake Forest University, and I recently started investing in the stock market with the…

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  • May 2, 2009

    Straight Story

    Tess Vigeland talks with economics editor Chris Farrell about what to do with declining interest rates and slow-growing savings accounts.

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  • I was going to write an article about how ridiculous it was for the hedge funds that played hardball with Chrysler's debt–and lost–to complain…

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  • Barry Eichengreen, economist at the University of California, Berkeley, is always worth reading. He has written a number of brilliant articles on…

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  • I find these numbers stunning. They're from a paper by Elizabeth Brainerd of Williams College and Mark Singer of California State University….

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  • Last night at Minnesota Public Radio Jeff Horwich moderated a discussion the impact of the recession on individual lives. I participated in the…

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  • Apr 30, 2009

    Credit freeze

    Question: My question involves job applications and my social security number. When I fill out a job application, I need to submit my social…

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  • With all the money it's infusing back into the economy, the Fed, Wall Street and others are keeping a close eye on inflation. Steve Chiotakis talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell about the meaning of "hyper-inflation."

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  • Question: I turned 62 on April 5, 2009, and I will receive my first Social Security check in June. Will I get the $ 250.00 stimulus check or will I…

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