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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

  • Jan 18, 2009

    Target date funds

    The Wall Street Journal on Jan. 17 has a good article on target date funds. (You need a subscription to look at many WSJ articles. Here's the link….

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  • Jan 17, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Economics Editor Chris Farrell answers listener questions about where to put emergency savings, how a person could best stimulate the economy, what that Turbo Tax term means, and more.

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  • Economics editor Chris Farrell
    American Public Media

    During these tough economic times, Economics Editor Chris Farrell is looking for ways to stretch a dollar just like the rest of us. Tess Vigeland wants to know where he draws the line between being cheap and being frugal.

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  • More evidence that deflation lies in our future….

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  • Jan 17, 2009

    A CEO pay measure

    Catching up on my reading. The Harvard University economist Richard Freeman calculates that CEOs are make in a couple months what an average worker…

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  • It's easy to beat up on people for borrowing too much….

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  • In trying to figure out what is going on as we stumble our way throught the worst financial crisis since the 1930s it's worth reading "The Cycles…

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  • Jan 16, 2009

    Leverage up?

    Question: I can tap my home equity line of credit at an interest rate of 4%. I'm thinking about using my HELOC to fund an investment in a no-load…

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  • Question: My husband is a huge conspiracy theory fanatic. He is certain that the new presidential administration will enact martial law and…

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  • Question: So my wife just graduated with a masters and started working, and i just got a 25,000 promotion. Combined we are making about 3-4 times…

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