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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

  • Nobody can predict the future, but if anyone can come close, it's Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell. Chris walks us through key economic indicators and sets the story straight on the prospect of a recession.

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  • I have a book review of Robert Kuttner's new book, "The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity." Here's…

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  • Nov 15, 2007

    Credit Checks Down

    Bloomberg has a story this morning on Experian, the world's largest credit checking company. Experian's stock fell a whopping 19% in London after…

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  • Charles O. Prince 111, the ousted head of beleaguered Citigroup and, by most measures, a poorly performing chief executive officer, is yet one more…

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  • Another horrifying story about a contaminated toy made in China. Here's the headline story from the Wall Street Journal:…

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  • Toggle bonds are back. Even as the major Wall Street firms and banks come clean on their subprime mortgage loans, investors are snapping up the…

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  • Zvi Bodie is a leading finance professor comfortable in the quantatative world of finance theory and practice. Still, he's strongly committed to…

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  • Another Star Tribune Q & A column….

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  • Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week — all about the Thrift Savings Plan, options for getting a mortgage if you want to build a home and if a Health Savings Account is right for you.

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  • This is good news. Clive Crook, the Financial Times' Washington columnist, now has a blog. Crook is an astute commentator on the intersection of…

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