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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

  • May 3, 2011

    A rollover IRA

    Question: My place of employment utilizes a directed pension option which I've taken advantage of since I began working there. I currently have…

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  • Remember Enron? Workers that placed their 401(k) money into company stock not only lost their jobs when the firm went bankrupt, but much of their…

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  • Question: What impact will the end of QE2 and or the bumping against the "debt limit" have on money market funds? Art, Webster, WI…

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  • Apr 29, 2011

    Paradigm shift

    Is the ghost of Thomas Malthus stalking the global economy? It sure seems like it….

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  • Question: Dear Chris, I recently landed a new job which pays significantly more than my current one – about +30K annually. I'm 42, and I've never…

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  • Legendary economists John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek "debate" public policy in rap. Yea, rap. The topic: Can the government steer the economy…

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  • Question: I'm 21 years old and a full-time college student, but I also string pearls and hostess on occasion. I'm paid in cash for both jobs. (Is…

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  • Favorite number of the week: 111 pages is the median length of the checking account disclosures consumers are supposed to read and understand…

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  • Apr 27, 2011

    The Big Squeeze

    The housing market is struggling to climb out of a depression, hobbled by falling prices, foreclosures, short sales, and negative equity….

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  • Question: I have a question and hoping you can guide me here. My parents are assembly workers, they saved up about 25,000 dollars over the past 13…

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