Paul Krugman
Economist, Academic
1953 –
Who is Paul Krugman?
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, Distinguished Scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, Krugman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography. According to the prize Committee, the prize was given for Krugman's work explaining the patterns of international trade and the geographic concentration of wealth, by examining the effects of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services.
Krugman is known in academia for his work on international economics, liquidity traps, and currency crises. Krugman is ranked among the most influential economic thinkers in the US.
Krugman has written over 20 books, including scholarly works, textbooks and books for a more general audience, and has published over 200 scholarly articles in professional journals and edited volumes.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1953
Albany - Also known as
- Paul krugman
- Krugman, Paul
- Paul Robin Krugman
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Economics
( - 1977) - Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
Economics
( - 1974) - John F. Kennedy High School
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Employment
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Yale University
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of California, Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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