Myron Scholes

Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert C. Merton Joins Gregg Fisher's ‘The Q Factor’ Podcast to Sound Alarm on Retirement Funding

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Monday, March 4, 2019
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His latest guest, Dr. Robert C. Merton, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997, sounds the alarm about what he sees as the next great financial crisis: retirement.

Key Points: 
  • His latest guest, Dr. Robert C. Merton, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997, sounds the alarm about what he sees as the next great financial crisis: retirement.
  • On The Q Factor, Dr. Merton discusses his early career as well as his pioneering use of data on pricing derivatives with Myron Scholes.
  • He also notes a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of would-be retirees, propagated in large part by the financial industry.
  • Guests on The Q Factor have included innovators, politicians, and business leaders, but the format is not limited to any discipline.