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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

  • Mailbag
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    Chris Farrell answers listener questions about using a custodial account, opening a home equity loan and allocating a retirement account.

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  • Financial instability is nothing new. A great scholar into the dynamics of financial booms and busts was the late economist Hyman Minsky. (He died…

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  • I do a monthly column for the Star Tribune. The paper doesn't archive it. So, I'll try and remember to post it when it comes out. Here are the last…

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  • Thanks to Tyler Cowen's blog, I've recently read two intriguing articles about carbon footprints. The "Localvore's Dilemma" from the Boston Globe…

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  • Economics editor Chris Farrell
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    This week, economics editor Chris Farrell ponders why some big money earners pay a much less ratio of taxes when compared with other Americans.

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  • Aug 4, 2007

    Bridge collapse

    Thanks to a reference by Andrew Samwick, economist at Dartmouth University, here's a link to a good piece on the tragic bridge collapse in…

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  • Chris Farrell answers your financial questions.
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    Chris Farrell covers investing an annuity, buying a short sale home and getting your name off a credit card account.

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  • I'm skimming through a book by Carlo M. Cipolla, Between Two Cultures: An Introduction to Economic History. He has nice quote from Keynes on…

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  • Several people over the past couple of weeks have asked me what i thought about the Murdoch takeover of the Wall Street Journal. I don't have a…

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  • Aug 1, 2007

    A Turning Point?

    Memory matters in the broad sweep of public policy. I was reminded of this reading the latest newsletter by Peter Bernstein, a market historian and…

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