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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

  • Oct 1, 2008

    Mark-to-market

    Blame the accountants. At least, that's what we're being told. If only the green eyeshade brigade didn't require mark-to-market accounting there…

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  • Oct 1, 2008

    FDIC again

    The Bloomberg news wire has a story that Sheila Bair, chairman of the FDIC, has told House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank that…

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  • Oct 1, 2008

    FDIC insurance

    I see the presidential candidates are calling for raising the FDIC insured limits above $100,000. It's a good idea. I'd also make the rules a lot…

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  • The Paulson plan is dead. I don't think it is worth trying to revive. The House Republican "alternative" was always a joke….

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  • Question: How do you depression-proof your assets. My husband says there's no way; that's what a depression means. My grandmother who survived the…

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  • Sep 30, 2008

    CDs and the FDIC

    Question: I understand that CD's are FDIC insured, but what about the interest on them?…

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  • Question: This is the first year I have actually made a profit, after five years of self-employment in New York City. And I'd like to keep as much…

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  • Question: I know WaMu depositors are insured, but what can WaMu stock holders do now? I'm relatively new to investing, and this is the first time I…

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  • The Treasury has annonced the details of its money market mutual fund guarantee program:…

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  • Economist Ed Yardeni points out the the U.S. will now have the world's largest sovereign wealth fund….

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