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Chris Farrell, Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances (Random House)

Chris Farrell, host of the PBS radio show Sound Money and a contributing editor to Business Week, offers a nonthreatening, easily digestible approach to personal finance that is solid if not unique. Published by Random House Publishing Group.

Dr. Robert Kane, IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY (Vanderbilt University Press)

In It Shouldn’t Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care, co-authored with his sister, Dr. Kane describes how even a lifetime of learning wasn’t enough to prepare him to decide where his ailing mother should spend the remainder of her life after a debilitating stroke. From Vanderbilt University Press.

Dennis McCullough, MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER (HarperCollins)

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing “Slow Medicine,” the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones, a book by Dennis McCullough.  The suggestion of Slow Medicine is a measured treatment of “less is more” that improves the quality of patients’ extended late lives without bankrupting their families financially or emotionally. From HarperCollins Publishers.

Chris Farrell on NPR's Marketplace

Chris Farrell is a contributing editor for BusinessWeek, financial articles from The Economist, and economics editor for NPR's Marketplace.

My Two Cents
Marketplace economics correspondent Chris Farrell helps you manage your money and your risks smartly without turning personal finance into a second career.
Ross Levin’s article
Ross Levin’s article, “Reflections on the riches we leave behind: While markets give and take wealth, only individuals can place the true value on their lives.”