Paul Krugman
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Paul Krugman joined The New York Times in 1999 as a columnist on the Op-Ed Page and continues as professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Mr. Krugman received his B.A. from Yale University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1977. He has taught at Yale, MIT and Stanford. At MIT he became the Ford International Professor of Economics.
Mr. Krugman is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 papers in professional journals and edited volumes. His professional reputation rests largely on work in international trade and finance; he is one of the founders of the “new trade theory,” a major rethinking of the theory of international trade. In recognition of that work, in 1991 the American Economic Association awarded him its John Bates Clark medal, a prize given every two years to “that economist under forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic knowledge.” Mr. Krugman’s current academic research is focused on economic and currency crises.
At the same time, Mr. Krugman has written extensively for a broader public audience. Some of his recent articles on economic issues, originally published in Foreign Affairs, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American and other journals, are reprinted in Pop Internationalism and The Accidental Theorist.
In 2008, Mr. Krugman received the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Columns
The Inflation Cult
We’re still trying to figure out the persistence and power of the people who keep predicting runaway inflation.
September 12, 2014, Friday
The Deflation Caucus
What is it that makes a powerful faction in our body politic demand tight money even in a depressed, low-inflation economy?
September 5, 2014, Friday
The Medicare Miracle
After all the talk about how providing health care to the uninsured would be unaffordable and unsustainable, it turns out that it isn’t hard at all.
September 1, 2014, Monday
The Fall of France
Has President François Hollande doomed the European project as the disastrous consequences of austerity policies grow more obvious with each passing month?
August 29, 2014, Friday
Wrong Way Nation
The Sunbelt may be growing in population, but it’s not because of pro-business and pro-wealthy policies and higher wages.
August 25, 2014, Monday
Hawks Crying Wolf
What is it about crying “Inflation!” that makes it so appealing that people keep doing it despite having been wrong again and again?
August 22, 2014, Friday
Why We Fight Wars
Conquest doesn’t pay, but political leaders don’t seem to care.
August 18, 2014, Monday
The Forever Slump
The United States should learn from Europe’s experience of raising interest rates too soon.
August 15, 2014, Friday
Phosphorus and Freedom
Free markets can’t solve all our problems. Just ask Toledo.
August 11, 2014, Monday
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Answering Your Questions
Paul Krugman addresses readers' questions about the economy on his blog.
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?
The Great Recession was the result not only of lax regulation in Washington and reckless risk-taking on Wall Street but also of faulty theorizing in academia.
Professor and Columnist Wins Economics Nobel
Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton and a columnist for The Times, won for his work on global trade patterns.
- Listen to Paul Krugman's Nobel Prize Lecture, Dec. 8, 2008 (nobelprize.org)
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