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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

  • There's more financial market tubulence ahead. Okay, that's a safe forecast. Still, the the Fed's dramatic cut in the discount rate is probably…

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  • Mike Mandel of Business Week has a good post on the political imoplications of the housing market bust:…

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  • Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Barnanke is trying to hold the line. Although I disagree with much of the current commentary disparaging Alan…

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  • Traders on floor of New York Stock Exchange
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    A week after closing at a record high, the Dow posted its biggest one-day decline since February. What's going on? To help make sense of it, Tess Vigeland talks to Marketplace Money's economics editor Chris Farrell.

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  • Economics editor Chris Farrell
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    Economics editor Chris Farrell reacts to information that many universities are charging different tuitions based on the major of the student.

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  • 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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