Interview with Kevin Murphy

This is the sixth in a series of interviews with Chicago School economists. Read "After the Blowup," John Cassidy's story on Chicago economists and the financial crisis. (Subscribers only.)

Kevin Murphy is one of the best-known Chicago economists from the post-Lucas, post-Fama generation. In 1997, he was the recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal, which is presented to the best American economist under forty. Although he is primarily a microeconomist, Murphy has published articles on a wide ...