Interview with Professor Robert C. Merton at the 1st Meeting of Laureates in Economic Sciences in Lindau, Germany, September 1-4, 2004. Interviewer is freelance journalist Marika Griehsel.

Professor Merton talks about household economics in the future, the role of the financial institutions (5:00), childhood and studies (8:47), influence of his parents (13:17), about being awarded the Economics Prize (15:45), how to transfer theory into daily life (17:25), gives advise to students (22:04) and talks about new financial technologies in the developing countries (28:08).