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Paul Krugman
Economist and columnist
From the op-ed pages of The New York Times, Paul Krugman's politically charged writing and cogent explanations of the various forces punishing our economy right now make the Princeton professor and Nobel Price winner possibly the nation's most-recognized economist.
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"What the world needs right now is a rescue operation."
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Bio
Date of Birth: 3/28/1953
Hometown: Bellmore, Long Island, N.Y.
Education: B.A. in economics, Yale University, Ph.D., MIT
Trivia
In addition to his Nobel Prize, Krugman's work on trade won him the John Bates Clark medal in 1991, an honor for young economists seen by some as a bigger honor than the Nobel.