SHORT BIO
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 Stories (2,394)
Credit Checks Down
Nov 15, 2007
Bloomberg has a story this morning on Experian, the world's largest credit checking company. Experian's stock fell a whopping 19% in London after...
More Proof that the Compensation System is out of Whack
Nov 12, 2007
Charles O. Prince 111, the ousted head of beleaguered Citigroup and, by most measures, a poorly performing chief executive officer, is yet one more...
Boycott Chinese Toys
Nov 7, 2007
Another horrifying story about a contaminated toy made in China. Here's the headline story from the Wall Street Journal:...
The Kitchen Sink is Almost Empty
Nov 7, 2007
Toggle bonds are back. Even as the major Wall Street firms and banks come clean on their subprime mortgage loans, investors are snapping up the...
Conservative Advice From Zvi Bodie
Nov 7, 2007
Zvi Bodie is a leading finance professor comfortable in the quantatative world of finance theory and practice. Still, he's strongly committed to...
Marketplace Money mailbag
Nov 2, 2007
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week -- all about the Thrift Savings Plan, options for getting a mortgage if you want to build a home and if a Health Savings Account is right for you.
Clive Crook is Blogging
Nov 1, 2007
This is good news. Clive Crook, the Financial Times' Washington columnist, now has a blog. Crook is an astute commentator on the intersection of...
The Stock Market Beats Its Long-Term Performance
Nov 1, 2007
The stock market is struggling today. But its performance in recent months--including October--is remarkable considering the high price of oil, the...
Corn and oil don't make a solution
Nov 1, 2007
U.S. ethanol policy urges refineries to mix the corn-based fuel with gasoline to make consumers less oil-dependent. Economics correspondent Chris Farrell tells Scott Jagow why it's a bad idea.