Paul Krugman

Described as

American economist (born 1953)

Other names

Paul Robin Krugman, Paul R Krugman

Born

February 28, 1953 · 5 references

Born in

Albany · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

columnist · 1 reference; economist · 2 references; essayist; blogger; professor; pundit; journalist · 1 reference; writer

Worked for

Banco de Portugal (1976); Yale University (1977–); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2 times) (1979–); National Bureau of Economic Research (1979–); Council of Economic Advisers (1982–1983); Stanford University; London School of Economics and Political Science; Princeton University (2000–2015)

Education

John F. Kennedy High School · 1 reference; Grace Hopper College (1970–1974); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974–1977)

Member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Group of Thirty · 1 reference; Econometric Society (1986–) · 1 reference

Awards

Adam Smith Award (1995) · 1 reference; Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2004) · 1 reference; Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech (2013); John Bates Clark Medal (1991) · 1 reference; Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2008) · 1 reference; H. C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics (2000) · 1 reference; James Joyce Awards (2014) · 1 reference; Global Economy Prize (2010) · 2 references; Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials (2011); Fellow of the Econometric Society (1986) · 2 references; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin; honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon; honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon; Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

Field

international economics; macroeconomics; international economic relations · 1 reference

Spouse

Robin Wells

Website

https://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/

Wikipedias with a page

87

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Paul Robin Krugman ( KRUUG-mən; born February 28, 1953) is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was a columnist for The New York Times from 2000 to 2024. In 2008, Krugman was the sole winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to new trade theory and new economic geography. The Prize Committee cited Krugman's work explaining the patterns of international trade and the geographic distribution of economic activity, by examining the effects of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services.
Krugman was previously a professor of economics at MIT, and later, at Princeton University from where he retired in June 2015, holding the title of professor emeritus there. He also holds the title of Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Krugman was President of the Eastern Economic Association in 2010, and is among the most influential economists in the world. He is known in academia for his work on international economics (including trade theory and international finance), economic geography, liquidity traps, and currency crises.
Krugman is the author or editor of 27 books, including scholarly works, textbooks, and books for a more general audience, and has published more than 200 scholarly articles in professional journals and edited volumes. He has also written several hundred columns on economic and political issues for The New York Times, Fortune and Slate. A 2011 survey of economics professors named him their favorite living economist under the age of 60. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Krugman is the second most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses. As a commentator, Krugman has written on a wide range of economic issues including income distribution, taxation, macroeconomics, and international economics. Krugman considers himself a modern liberal, referring to his books, his blog on The New York Times, and his 2007 book The Conscience of a Liberal. His popular commentary has attracted widespread praise and criticism.
On December 6, 2024, New York Times opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury announced that Krugman was retiring as a Times columnist; His final column, titled 'Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment,' was published on December 9, 2024. Afterwards, Krugman began publishing a daily newsletter on Substack. The newsletter, titled "Paul Krugman," publishes most content for free while offering a longer weekly tutorial post to paid subscribers. Krugman's wife, economist Robin Wells, serves as his editor for the newsletter. By mid-2025, the newsletter was reaching 350,000-450,000 readers per post. Krugman wrote there that he left the Times because his editors began to discourage him from writing columns that might "get some people (particularly on the right) riled up."

Born, in its opening lines

February 28, 1953

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