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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 nuts:…

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  • Sep 22, 2008

    Barry Eichengreen

    Barry Eichengreen, political economist at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the leading scholars on the Great Depression….

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  • Sep 20, 2008

    Debt forgiveness?

    I haven't found much of the commentary criticizing the Bush/Paulson/Benanke engineered bailout very convincing. I don't think there is any doubt…

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  • Remember the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security? The privatization advocates warned that insolvency loomed unless…

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  • Sep 20, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    Chris Farrell and Tess Vigeland help listeners navigate the murky waters surrounding AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and other ailing financial firms.

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  • Which of this week's big stories will have an impact on you? Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on how the current financial crisis translates from Wall Street to Main Street.

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  • Question: If the government is now going to insure money market funds, will the return go down as the risk does? Carolyn, Tallahassee, FL…

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  • Sep 19, 2008

    A good reminder

    I got a note this morning from a certified financial planner that I really respect. It's a letter he sent out to clients. In the note,he makes an…

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  • Last night, I was doing laundry and watching the news when Paulson, Bernanke, and the main powers of the House and Senate came out of their meeting…

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  • In the latest of a long list of stunning events, the U.S. Treasury (or really the American taxpayer) is now guaranteeing that money market mutual…

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