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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 26, 2007

    Jeremy Grantham

    Jeremy Grantham is a legendary value investor. He's also the founder and chairman of GMO, a Boston-based global investment-management firm with …

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  • We warned that this might happen on Marketplace Money, but I am still stunned….

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  • May 26, 2007

    Ethanol bubble?

    It has been a busy week, so I'm just catching up on some reading I had put aside. The Star Tribune last Sunday had a good story on ethanol: "Will…

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  • Okay, Warren Buffett doesn't need any financial advice from me. But it's free, so here goes….

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  • In the history of business, B. C. stands for Before Chandler. The Harvard Business School professor transformed the study of Big Business in…

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  • More evidence that inflation isn't a concern, no matter what the Fed says. Today's inflation report has core consumer prices up 2.3% in the 12…

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  • May 11, 2007

    Charley Munger

    Charlie Munger is Warren Buffet's long-time investment partner at Berkshire Hathway. He's less well-known than Buffet. But he too is a genius at…

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  • May 10, 2007

    The Fed Stays Pat

    There was no surprise that the Fed stayed pat on monetary policy at this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Inflation remains the Fed's…

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  • Some good news for homebuyers. The Wall Street Journal (you need to subscribe) has a story about Bank of America cutting fees on mortgage loans….

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  • In The Economic Naturalist, a new book by Cornell University economist Robert Frank, he describes the concept of "opportunity cost" as one of the…

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