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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

  • This is much worse than expected. Employers cut 533,000 jobs in November. That's the most in 34 years. The unemployment rate is to 6.7%, a 15 year…

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  • Peter Coy of Business Week is gloomy on the job outlook. I hope he's wrong, but I think he's right….

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  • Question: I am 63 and have enough to live on from Social Security, some bonds, the rental of a small cottage and the annuity I purchased when I…

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  • Incoming Health Secretary Tom Daschle is already talking health care reform. But can we afford something like universal health care right now? Scott Jagow talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell.

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  • The case for long-term care insurance is compelling. It's the product that is difficult to understand and evaluate. Now, the question is whether…

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  • Economist Oliver Hart of Harvard University and Luigi Zingales, professor of finance at the University of Chicago graduate school of business have…

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  • The U.S. has long been an unequal society, but we always had strong upward mobility. Yet now the latest reserach suggests that we have less upward…

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  • Question: I am a married 31-year old. I am a corporate lawyer and my husband is an entrepreneur. I'm in the process of setting my 401(k)…

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  • Dec 3, 2008

    Penny stocks

    Question: Thank you for your insightful financial advice on Marketplace. I enjoy your commentaries….

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  • The recession has been offically dated back to December 2007. The average post World War 11 recession is 11 months, with the longest downturn 18…

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