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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

  • Jan 19, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about negotiating with collection agencies, comparing mutual fund fees, retirement account myths and teaching finance.

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  • Question: I plan to retire most likely sometime next year. I have a 30 year fixed at about 6.5%. I'm 5 years into the payments. If I have the…

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  • Economics editor Chris Farrell puts up a fight for the average investor and sets the story straight on recent Supreme Court rulings that limit shareholder's rights to sue.

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  • Jan 18, 2008

    Kids and Investing

    Question: I started savings accounts for all three of my kids after they were born, putting a small amount of money from my paycheck into their…

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  • I found this something of a chilling summary. The legendary investor Dean LeBaron notes on his website that John Kenneth Galbraith's classic…

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  • I was doing some research into investing, and I came upon these profound insights in the General Theory by John Maynard Keynes. It has been awhile…

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  • Question: When selling a stock or bond mutual fund, is it better to: Wait a few days to the Ex-Dividend date, receive the dividend and sell at the…

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  • Jan 16, 2008

    Budgeting

    Question: I will finish my Ph.D. in June 2008 in business. Because my income over the past five years has been variable (from unpredictable…

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  • For more than three decades, students and their parents funded a college tuition bubble with borrowed money. Two-thirds of college students finish…

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  • Question: I got a personal call from my bank the other day: they lowered their interests rates and could give me a home equity loan for 7.5% … as…

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