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.
On October 13, 2008, it was announced that Mr. Krugman would receive the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Nobel Prize-Related Articles and Highlights From the Archive
The Great Illusion
The conflict in the Caucasus may be an omen. Will nationalism kill globalization — again?
August 15, 2008opinionOp-EdFuels on the Hill
Why are politicians so eager to pin the blame for oil prices on speculators? Because it lets them believe that we don’t have to adapt to a world of expensive gas.
June 27, 2008opinionOp-EdStranded in Suburbia
With rising oil prices leaving many Americans stranded in suburbia, it’s starting to look as if Berlin, a city of trains, buses and bikes, had the better idea.
May 19, 2008opinionOp-EdRunning Out of Planet to Exploit
Will limited supplies of natural resources pose an obstacle to future world economic growth?
April 21, 2008opinionOp-EdDon’t Cry for Me, America
Although we won’t have the kind of financial death spiral Argentina experienced, the next year or two could be quite unpleasant.
January 18, 2008opinionOp-EdThe Comeback Continent
The next time a politician tries to scare you with the European bogeyman, bear this in mind: Europe’s economy is doing O.K.
January 11, 2008opinionOp-EdTrouble With Trade
For the sake of the world as a whole, I hope that we respond to the trouble with trade not by shutting trade down, but by doing things like strengthening the social safety net.
December 28, 2007opinionOp-EdColumns
Who’s Serious Now?
President Obama called the Republicans’ bluff on Wednesday and laid out a budget plan that really is serious.
April 14, 2011Ludicrous and Cruel
Once you stop listening to all the swooning and read the numbers, the Republican budget proposal looks like more voodoo economics.
April 8, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Truth, Still Inconvenient
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says it is no surprise that Republicans who deny existence of global warming repudiated testimony of their own expert witness when study he conducted confirmed existence of phenomenon; says such politicians are engaged in nothing more than cynical careerism that will incur terrible costs for human race
April 4, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Mellon Doctrine
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column challenges assertion by Congressional Republicans that slashing government spending and employment opportunities will actually create jobs in private sector; laments that Obama administration and Democrats are offering little pushback
April 1, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; American Thought Police
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column holds that Wisconsin Republican Party's attack on University of Wisconsin historian William Cronon for criticizing state's anti-union law is another indicator of how reflexively vindictive, how un-American, one of America's two great political parties has become; charges that right-wing attack on scholars is attack on free and open national discourse
March 28, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Austerity Delusion
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column scores austerity advocates in Washington who profess allegiance to same doctrine of spending cuts that is failing so dismally in Europe; warns slashing budget deficits immediately will depress economy further, worsening unemployment
March 25, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The War On Warren
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column asserts that attacks on Elizabeth Warren, who is in charge of setting up Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, are simply a ploy to block credible consumer protections and financial industry regulation
March 21, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Forgotten Millions
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column charges that unemployed American workers have been abandoned by the federal government; asserts that despite lip-service from a few politicians, no jobs bills have been introduced in Congress and no job-creation plans have been advanced by the Obama administration
March 18, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; Another Inside Job
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column supports proposed settlement between state attorneys general and the mortgage service industry that would have some of America's largest financial companies making modest restitution to struggling homeowners who were lured into loan modifications under false pretenses; holds that getting banks to clear up mortgage debts would help, not hurt, the American economy
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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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