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Paul Krugman

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Krugman is probably best known to the public as an outspoken and formidable critic of the economic and general policies of the administration of George W. Bush , views he presents in his column for the Times op-ed page. Unlike many economic pundits , Krugman is also regarded as a respected economist by his peers. Krugman has written hundreds of articles and eighteen books — some of them academic, and some of them written for the layperson. His International Economics: Theory and Policy is a standard textbook on international economics. In 1991 he was awarded the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal by the American Economic Association .1

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american economist

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american economist who is the distinguished professor of economics at the graduate center of the city universit

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