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Chris Farrell is a contributing editor for Bloomberg Businessweek. From 1986-97, he was on the magazine's staff, as a corporate finance staff and department editor and then as an economics editor. Farrell wrote Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances and Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall? Among Farrell's many awards are a National Magazine Award, two Loeb Awards, and the Edward R. Murrow Award. Farrell is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Stanford University.
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Why Not Target a 3% Unemployment Rate?
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We’re far from nirvana with schools, but why not celebrate some good news about our education system for a change? -
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To Boost Retirement Savings, Stop Giving Tax Breaks on 401(k)s
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On Tax Reform, It's Time to Change the Debate
The lobbyists will defend their clients' loopholes to the bitter end
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Why the U.S. Treasury Should Issue More TIPS
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The rise of robotics and automation offer the U.S. a chance to generate great wealth that can be redistributed to reinvent the workplace -
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On Tax Reform, It's Time to Change the Debate
The lobbyists will defend their clients' loopholes to the bitter end -
U.S. economy
Why Not Target a 3% Unemployment Rate?
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To Boost Retirement Savings, Stop Giving Tax Breaks on 401(k)s
Automatically enrolling workers into savings plans and ending subsidies on 401(k)s would help the federal budget and increase savings
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On Tax Reform, It's Time to Change the Debate
The lobbyists will defend their clients' loopholes to the bitter end -
U.S. economy
Why the U.S. Treasury Should Issue More TIPS
The value of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities is pegged to the U.S. consumer price index, providing confidence via a safeguard from the… -
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