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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

  • Question: My parents, aged 87 and 86, just sold their long-time (47 years) home and moved into an apartment. They have approx. $130,000 in proceeds…

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  • Question: Very recently we had a problem with my mother-in-law being hooked in with a scam where she wired a total of $6000 to Jamaica all for the…

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  • The nation added a mere 54,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month. It's a steep drop from the 220,000 average pace of the previous three months. And…

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  • Question: I'm an active-duty Air Force officer, and my wife and I are debating college-savings strategies for our son (1 yr old) and any other kids…

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  • Question: Hi Chris – my wife and I are considering taking out a small home equity loan or line of credit for a home project ($6-7K). We have plenty…

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  • Question: My husband and I are in our 30s and we have a young son. My husband worked as a high school science teacher and I'm a museum curator. We…

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  • May 31, 2011

    Gold and taxes

    Question: I've been fortunate to have put a bit of money into a gold ETF (GLD, for the record), one of the ones that actually just buys bullion,…

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  • May 31, 2011

    Insider games

    There's a vote tonight (Tuesday evening) on raising the federal government's debt limit ceiling. House Republicans are bringing up the vote even…

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  • At a recent panel discussion on financial literacy at Boston University, John Gannon quickly grabbed our attention. He remarked that the personal…

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  • Question: I am about three years from retirement. I am fortunate to have, at least for the moment, a good retirement system from which to draw and…

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