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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

  • Feb 7, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell answer listener questions on why student loans are "good debt," whether to draw on savings or take Social Security, how to get a pro athlete's taxes in shape, and more.

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  • Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell is hopping mad about the United States income tax system. Dramatically simplifying the tax code, he argues, could be an easy fix.

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  • Question: I am a 23 year old college student who is starting to discover the wonders of public radio and paying attention to the news on a daily…

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  • It's getting harder and harder to get a job. This chart from the BLS is the number of unemployed 27 weeks or more.

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  • The employment number with a 7.6% unemplouyment rate and a plunge of 598,000 in payrolls is even worse than it appears. For one thing, the broadest…

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  • Feb 6, 2009

    Convert to Roth

    Question: Given the current Federal deficit, and the way the U.S. Government is currently burning through money, it seems like a sure bet that tax…

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  • Today's financial crisis has driven economists to look back at what happened in the 1930's. Renita Jablonski talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell about what's different today and what we got from the New Deal.

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  • Question: A: I am currently employed (Not sure how long this will last?) just took a 30% pay cut and there is a good chance that I will either be…

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  • Question: I'm turning 25 years old in a few months and am finally getting serious about eliminating my debt. I have a credit card with a $3,000…

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  • Henry "Bud" Hebeler runs the www.analyzenow.com website. He sent me an article he just wrote on Generic Investment Advice. Here's how I've…

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