Rate Professor Paul Krugman

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Economics, MIT, 1977; B.A. in Economics, Yale University, 1974.

Research Interests: International trade, economic geography, and macroeconomics, with emphasis on trade theory and financial crises.

Appointments: Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Princeton University; Distinguished Professor, City University of New York.

Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2008), John Bates Clark Medal (1991).

Publications: Author of The Return of Depression Economics (W.W. Norton, 2009) and International Economics: Theory and Policy (Pearson, 2014).

Additional Contributions: New York Times columnist; influential public intellectual on economic policy.