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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

  • This comes under the category of, Duh. But it's also a good reminder. New research from the folks at Wharton shows that mutual fund investors don't…

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  • Nov 10, 2010

    The Czar

    Elizabeth Warren is the czar of the new Consumer Financial Protection Board. It's a controversial agency, although I don't understand why. Plain…

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  • Question: We've been great savers over the last 20 years. Have had the luxury of being in high tech professions and respectfully compensated. We…

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  • Nov 9, 2010

    Al Gore and TIPS

    Question: Hello, I have never purchased a bond and wanted to look into the inflation-protected bonds discussed in the 10-26-10 story. I went to the…

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  • Question: I will be 44 years old on the 27th of this month, am the mother of three young boys and am about to be a divorcee. As I start over, my…

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  • Renato is a cardiologist at Wake Forest University medical school. He feels he's a good saver coming from an immigrant family and he's passing al…

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  • Looking towards the future, where will jobs be? What industry will they be in? How should you prepare? Will the new government be helping out? Jeremy Hobson talks to Marketplace's Chris Farrell about the outlook.

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  • Question: I have saved reasonably well and own investment property, coupling those with what I will receive in retirement benefits, I expect to…

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  • Where does the time go? 2010 is almost over and that means the clock is ticking on yearend tax moves….

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  • Question: My wife and I are retired teachers. We have good pensions and do not have any debt except our mortgage. I have recently given some…

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