Paul Krugman

2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Paul Krugman is the world's preeminent economist, having won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics. An insightful, outspoken Op-Ed columnist for the *New York Times*, he is a passionate and articulate speaker, with a gift for relating global economic events to his audiences, and committed to speaking the truth as he sees it in the most compelling terms. He is the author of several books, including most recently, *The Conscience of a Liberal*, and of *The Great Unraveling*, a bestseller. In response to the current financial crisis, Professor Krugman has released an updated edition of his prescient 1999 book, *The Return of Depression Economics*.