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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

  • Big banks are largely blaming their earnings woes on subprime mortgages and leveraged buyout loans gone bad. True enough. But it also appears that…

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  • The first of 76 million baby boomers filed for Social Security this week. But economics correspondent Chris Farrell says there's no need to worry about a system overload. He talks to Scott Jagow.

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  • Citigroup earnings are down by more than half in the third quarter, its biggest decline in three years. And billions more in losses could be on the way for other financial institutions as well. Chris Farrell takes an in-depth look.

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  • This is ridiculous. Lawmakers and lobbyists are pigs at the trough, as this Washington Post story makes clear: Getting Around Rules on Lobbying,…

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  • We got this question the other day…. …

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  • Mailbag
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    Chris Farrell answers your questions about helping a troubled homeowner cope with an adjusting mortgage, sorting the confusion of 529 plans, and what to do with a real estate inheritance.

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  • Chris Farrell offers his opinion on a new law that caps the amount of interest a pay-day lender can charge to members of the military.

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  • If Hollywood remakes the 1967 classic, The Graduate, the advice to Benjamin might be "federal government" instead of "plastics." As a way to…

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  • Last night, my teenage son recited the famous first paragraph from A Tale of Two Cities. He's reading it for class. I chuckled while he said the…

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  • Oct 7, 2007

    Q & A

    The latest Star Tribune column….

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