Stone Center Senior Scholar
Distinguished Professor of Economics
CUNY Graduate Center
Paul Krugman is a distinguished professor at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, a core faculty member at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, and a LIS senior scholar. He previously taught at MIT, Stanford, and Princeton. He is the author or co-author of many academic papers and numerous books aimed at both professional and general audiences, including Market Structure and Foreign Trade, Geography and Trade, The Return of Depression Economics, and Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future.
In recognition of his work on international trade and economic geography, Krugman received the John Bates Clark award of the American Economic Association in 1991, the Prince of Asturias award for social sciences in 2004, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008. For nearly 25 years, he was an op-ed columnist and commentator for The New York Times. In December 2024, he reintroduced his Substack newsletter.
Areas of Expertise
Macroeconomics
Globalization
Trade
Labor Markets
Economic Policy
Featured Work
At a Graduate Center event, Paul Krugman and Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen discuss the origins of the 2008 financial crisis and new concerns about U.S. economic health.
- Why Does U.S. Technology Rule? – Paul KrugmanIn this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman looks at U.S.-EU divergence in the technology sector, and the role of geographic clusters.
- The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” – Paul KrugmanIn this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman reintroduces his Substack newsletter. He also discusses parallels between current and past efforts “to bring a business sensibility” to the federal budget, with the goal of eliminating inefficiency.
- Can Trump Reduce the Trade Deficit?: Paul KrugmanIn this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman discusses how tariffs might affect international capital flows and the U.S. economy.
- Two Theories of Immaculate Disinflation, and Their Implications: Paul KrugmanIn this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman discusses how the U.S. economy achieved disinflation without a recession, and what that means for important policy questions.
- Perceptions of the Economy and the Impact on the ElectionIn this video, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman joins an expert panel to discuss economic sentiment and economic indicators, and how voters’ perceptions might affect the election’s outcome.
- Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World EconomyAuthors Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman discuss how the U.S. controls a global network of communication and finance, the subject of their new book, in this conversation with Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman.
- Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman in ConversationThe two Nobel Prize winners discuss the role of the economist and Deaton’s new book, Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality.
- Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold WarBranko Milanovic discusses his latest book, a sweeping and original history that focuses on how six of the most influential economists saw inequality in their time, with Paul Krugman, Clara Mattei, and Donald Robotham.
- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in Conversation with Paul KrugmanSpeaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker and the chief architect of generation-defining legislation including the Affordable Care Act and the American Rescue Plan, speaks with Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman.
- Credible Irresponsibility RevisitedThis text by Paul Krugman was originally presented as the spring Seminar in Applied Economics at the Graduate Center.
- Perceptions of the Economy and the Impact on the ElectionIn this video, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman joins an expert panel to discuss economic sentiment and economic indicators, and how voters’ perceptions might affect the election’s outcome.
- Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World EconomyAuthors Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman discuss how the U.S. controls a global network of communication and finance, the subject of their new book, in this conversation with Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman.
- Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman in ConversationThe two Nobel Prize winners discuss the role of the economist and Deaton’s new book, Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality.
- Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold WarBranko Milanovic discusses his latest book, a sweeping and original history that focuses on how six of the most influential economists saw inequality in their time, with Paul Krugman, Clara Mattei, and Donald Robotham.
- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in Conversation with Paul KrugmanSpeaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker and the chief architect of generation-defining legislation including the Affordable Care Act and the American Rescue Plan, speaks with Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman.
- Panel: Imagining the Future: Science Fiction and Social ScienceIn this video, Paul Krugman moderates a discussion among sci-fi novelists and social scientists about the connection between the social sciences and fantasy fiction, and how they often inspire each other.
- ‘Six Faces of Globalization’: a Conversation with Anthea Roberts and Nicolas LampPaul Krugman and Branko Milanovic speak with Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp about their new book, “Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters. Introduction by Janet Gornick.
- Virtual Workshop 2020: An Unequally Distributed DepressionIn this presentation, Paul Krugman analyses the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the form of inequality that the U.S. is currently experiencing.
- Panel: Reducing Inequality NowLeading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets, and examine the prospects for policy and institutional changes that could create a more equal society.
- Panel: The Triumph of InjusticeIn this video, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman discuss their recent book and why the United States needs to increase wealth taxes to combat inequality.