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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

  • President Bush wants to fast-track a free trade agreement with Colombia, but Democrats on Capitol Hill are objecting. Marketplace's economics correspondent Chris Farrell weighs in on the debate.

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  • Apr 17, 2008

    A Rollover IRA

    Question: I was recently hired for a job in the public sector, working for the state of New York. My previous job was in the private sector. My 401…

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  • Question: My husband, Gregg, runs a non-profit literary arts organization called the Citylit project (create link to www.citylitproject.org). He…

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  • Apr 16, 2008

    Downsizing

    Question: My wife and both turn 50 this year. Our son is graduating college and our daughter enters college this fall. We are downsizing into a…

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  • Apr 12, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about the Thrift Savings Plan, money merge accounts, 529 plans and choosing a financial services firm.

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  • Oh how the fortunes of the former Fed chair have changed. Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on the policies of the last chairman of the Fed, Alan Greenspan.

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  • I was in Chicago last Tuesday. I flew into Midway airport and took a cab to the South Shore Cultural Center. (It's a magnificent old complex…

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  • Question: Mr. Buffet discusses "Fanciful Figures…" in the Berkshire Hathaway 2007 Annual Report (pp. 18-20). He asserts that the compounded…

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  • Jim Paulson, the chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management, is always insightful. He has a nicely honed contrarian streak. I liked this…

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  • Question: Chris—We have recently been advised by a financial consultant to begin to invest in an Indexed Universal Life Insurance Contract, also…

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