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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

  • The college acceptance letters are in. It's now the season for parents and their students to decide where to go and how to pay for the bill. Yet…

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  • Question: I just received my BA in liberal arts last year, but only now do I know what I want to do with it. After realizing how much of a personal…

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  • Question: My wife's family is debating on how best to invest $400,000 that came to my mother-in-law because of a death in the family. My mother-in…

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  • Apr 14, 2011

    The taxman cometh

    Let's stick with the theme of taxes with the looming April 18 deadline. America's modern tax system was created in 1913. The income tax form was a…

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  • Question: Although you can retrieve credit card statements online, I still keep hard copies of my statements. How long should I keep these…

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  • The number is impressive: $17.5 trillion. That's the total of U.S. retirement assets, according to the Investment Company Institute, a Washington D…

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  • Question: We have an 18 yo daughter who suffers severely from anxiety. This has prevented her so far from completing high school. She has twice…

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  • Question: Dear Chris and Tess, I love the show! Thank you so much for helping educate those of us who are financially-challenged….

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  • The tax clock is ticking with the filing deadline April 18. You read that right. Thanks to the Washington D.C. holiday calendar all procrastinators…

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  • Question: I have gotten in the habit of requesting my credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus through the annualcreditreport.com…

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