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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.
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Straight Story: Mr. October
Oct 19, 2007
Just in case you needed another reason to be spooked out this month, it's the 20-year anniversary of the market crash of 1987. Economics editor Chris Farrell looks back and tries to learn something.
Black Monday, Then and Now
Oct 19, 2007
I did an hour-long broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio about Black Monday with host Gary Eichten and Ross Levin, a CFP and president of Accredited...
Black Monday: A Stunning Number
Oct 19, 2007
Here's a stunning number, thanks to Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist for Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services. A comparable drop...
Preserving the American Dream
Oct 19, 2007
What should be done to protect the American Dream? That's the question being asked in an American Public Media initiative. You can share your...
More Trouble Ahead for Banks? Yup
Oct 19, 2007
Big banks are largely blaming their earnings woes on subprime mortgages and leveraged buyout loans gone bad. True enough. But it also appears that...
Will Social Security explode?
Oct 18, 2007
The first of 76 million baby boomers filed for Social Security this week. But economics correspondent Chris Farrell says there's no need to worry about a system overload. He talks to Scott Jagow.
Citigroup profits are even worse
Oct 16, 2007
Citigroup earnings are down by more than half in the third quarter, its biggest decline in three years. And billions more in losses could be on the way for other financial institutions as well. Chris Farrell takes an in-depth look.
The Washington Cesspool
Oct 15, 2007
This is ridiculous. Lawmakers and lobbyists are pigs at the trough, as this Washington Post story makes clear: Getting Around Rules on Lobbying,...
Marketplace Money Mailbag
by
Chris Farrell
and Tess Vigeland
Oct 13, 2007
Chris Farrell answers your questions about helping a troubled homeowner cope with an adjusting mortgage, sorting the confusion of 529 plans, and what to do with a real estate inheritance.
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