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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

  • Our image of retirement is still shaped by the early decades after World War II. The elderly poverty rate plunged thanks to Social Security. Older…

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  • Apr 19, 2009

    Ouch!

    The latest cover of Fortune:…

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  • A fun and important video by professor Zvi Bodie of Boston University. He's on a crusade against financial illiteracy. His target this time: The…

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  • Apr 18, 2009

    Straight Story

    Credit isn't always a bad thing, especially if you're careful and focus on saving when times are good. Economics editor Chris Farrell discusses the pros and cons of credit.

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  • Apr 18, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell answer listeners' pressing questions about using a home equity line of credit as an emergency reserve and closing a high balance credit card.

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  • Question: Most investment grade short term corporate bond funds contain about 30 % financial holding in their portfolio. Would this stop you from…

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  • IProfessor Laurance Kotlikoff of Boston University has wide-ranging interests, studying a number of topics over the years, especially fiscal policy…

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  • The bursting of the railroad financing bubble in the 1870s led to the depression of 1873 to 1879, the longest in the nation's history. The economy…

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  • Question: I have saved up about $50K in after tax money that, after selling some battered Stocks recently, is now sitting in Money Market fund. I…

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  • President Obama is opening the door slightly to relations with Cuba. Could this mean lifting the four-decade trade embargo? Steve Chiotakis talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell about how both countries could stand to gain.

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