Robert C. Merton is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at the Harvard Business School. He holds a B.S. in engineering mathematics from Columbia University (1966) and an M.S. in applied ...

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This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask leading experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. For the best part of two centuries, the ...

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