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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

  • 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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  • Last Wednesday, we held at an educational seminar at Minnesota Public Radio for people who are in domestic partner relationships. The auditorium…

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  • This is the best defense of why the President should have signed rather than vetoed the SCHIP legislation. It's posted on Greg Mankiw's blog. …

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  • Mailbox
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    How fast can economics editor Chris Farrell go? Find out in this third installment of the Mailbag speed round. Chris also covers advising college freshmen on personal finance and dealing with Roth IRA income limits.

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  • Oct 6, 2007

    Are You a Quant?

    Andrew Lo is a finance economist and quant jock at MIT. I follow his work closely, and check in on his website every once in awhile to see what he…

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