[영문]Robert A. Mundell has been Professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York City, New York, since 1974 and University Professor since 2001. In 1999, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science qqqquot;for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas.qqqquot; We interviewed Professor Mundell at his hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 7, 2006, while attending the annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations