Chris Farrell works as an economics contributor at Marketplace, America Public Media’s nationally syndicated business and economics forum, and an economics commentator for Minnesota Public Radio, as well as host of its series, Conversations on the Creative Economy. An award-winning journalist, he is a columnist for PBS Next Avenue and the Star Tribune, and has written for Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s. He is the author of five books, including his latest, Purpose and a Paycheck: Finding Meaning, Money, and Happiness in the Second Half of Life.