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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

  • Bloomberg has a good story on what the bettors at Intrade are predicting when it comes to the presidential election:…

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  • Oct 15, 2008

    Gold, again

    Question: If very high inflation is in our future due to the Great Bailout, would your same advice re gold in a IRA still hold? Ned, Melbourne FL…

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  • The Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the CEO pay of the top semi-nationalized banks. It's a combined total of $289 million for 2007….

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  • Oct 14, 2008

    Futures market

    The bettors on the Iowa Electronic market now place the odds of Obama winning at 85%.

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  • Did you ever think you would read a headline like this?…

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  • Question: Hey – Imagine that last week I had $250,000 in deposits in Wachovia and another $250,000 in Wells Fargo, all FDIC insured, all okay. Now…

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  • One common criticism of universal health insurance is that we can't afford it. That argument no longer holds after the trillions spent on the…

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  • Several years ago I wrote a book, Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. I don't think we are going to have another Great Depression. The…

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  • Investors around the world are heartened. There are more bank failures to come, and the financial crisis is far from over. But I think the…

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  • Oct 13, 2008

    What comes next?

    Clive Crook of the Financial Times captures the essence of the government rescue plan at home and abroad….

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