CHRIS FARRELL is economics editor for Marketplace Money, a weekly one-hour personal finance show syndicated nationally on public radio by American Public Media. He is economics correspondent for two other American Public Media programs, the business program Marketplace and the documentary unit American Radio Works. He is contributing economics editor at Business Week magazine. Farrell is the author of two books: Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances and Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.