Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman: Biography in Details

Who is Paul Krugman?

Paul Krugman is the head of the department of economics at Princeton University as well as an economist. He belongs to American society.

Subsequently, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008. He holds the title of professor emeritus as well as retired from  Princeton University in 2015. Additionally, he is an author as well has scribbled 27 books.

What are the birth facts of Paul Krugman?

Paul Krugman was born on 28th February 1953 in Albany, New York, the U.S. He belongs to a Jewish family and is the son of Anita and David Krugman. Besides this, he hasn’t mentioned about his childhood on the social site.

He had completed his high school at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore. Then he joined  Yale University and completed his graduation in the field of economics in 1974. Likewise, he pursued a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and graduated successfully in 1977.

Paul Krugman: Career history, Net Worth, and Awards

Heading towards the professional life of Paul Krugman. He had started his career in 1977 as an assistant professor at Yale University. Later on, he fastened to the faculty of MIT in 1979. He had also amalgamated as a professor of Economics and International Affairs at  Princeton University in 2000.

In 2010, he had become the  President of the Eastern Economic Association. He had also announced that he would be retiring from Princeton as well as he would be joining the faculty at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the year between 2014-2015.

Recently, he works as a Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics and is a member of the Group of Thirty international economic body.

Furthermore, he has also scribbled extensively on international economics, including international trade, economic geography, and international finance.

Paul Krugman has also written economic topics for the general public, sometimes on international economic topics but also income distribution and public policy.

The books like The Spatial Economic in 1999, The Self Organizing Economy in 1996, Economics: European Edition in 2007, Economics, second edition in 2009, and Economics, the third edition in 2013, etc are written as well as published by Paul Krugman.

Hard work pays off. Similarly, in the professional life of Paul Krugman, his hard work has paid many awards and Nobel prizes in his life.

Some of the awards and Nobel prizes are  John Bates Clark Medal in 1991, the Princess of Asturias Awards in 2004, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008.

Through his hard work in his professional life, Paul Krugman has earned a net worth of $2.5 million. But he hasn’t mentioned his salary.

Paul Krugman: Rumors and Controversy

Paul Krugman had generated controversy by blaming his New York Times blog on former U.S. President George W. Bush and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani for rushing after the attacks.

How tall is Paul Krugman?

Paul Krugman has salt and pepper hair color and brown eyes, His height is 6 feet 2 inches tall. Besides this, he hasn’t mentioned his weight and other measurements.

Social life

Paul Krugman is quite active on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Currently, he has almost 4.44 million followers on Twitter and over 186k followers on Facebook.

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