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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 a self- employed artist. all of the news about record numbers of people collecting unemployment benefits has me wondering if these…

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  • Jan 31, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    Host Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell answer listener questions about retirement savings, 529 plans, financial education, early investing and reversing bad habits.

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  • Financial pundits are quick to say that the current crisis has changed everything, but Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell says we shouldn't be so eager to throw out the rule book.

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  • The consulting firm McKinsey has a useful chart on health care spending.

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  • Brad Delong, the economist and blogger at the University of California, Berkeley, has written a wonderful, brief piece on wealth, living standards,…

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  • The headlines are saying the 3.8% decline in gross domestic product for the last quarter of last year isn't as bad as feared. That's cold comfort….

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  • Question: You may have answered this already, but what is the difference between a recession and a depression? With daily news of layoffs,…

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  • Jan 29, 2009

    Buy a home?

    Question: With interest rates and real estate prices falling, I've begun looking around to buy a home. Some of my friends think this is a fine idea…

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  • One way of looking at what is happening to the eocnomy is that people are adjusting their expectations, and that takes time….

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  • Question: For the first time in my life, I actually did my taxes earlier than usual. All this talk of stimulus packages, however, has me wondering:…

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