Paul Krugman
Summary
Paul Robin Krugman (pronounced /ˈkruːɡmən/; born February 28, 1953) is an American economist, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, Krugman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his contributions to New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography. He was voted sixth in a 2005 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals by Prospect.According to the Nobel Prize Committee, the prize was given for Krugman's work explaining the patterns of international trade and the geographic concentration of wealth, by examining the impact of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services.
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This Week in Review: Twitter vs. TV on election night, and the significance of Nate Silver
Twitter vs. TV on election night: Just like virtually every other point in the campaign that led up to it, this week’s U. S. election brought record levels of engagement on social media — Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. Twitter celebrated enduring the day without an outage, though Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz was less than impressed.
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The 'downright dangerous' Paul Krugman
This summer, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went on CNBC to talk about his book and ended up getting ambushed by a pack of smug, out of touch, and/or misinformed journalists, something I wrote was emblematic of the network's financial capture. Now CNBC's Becky Quick, one of the more level heads over there, takes to the pages.
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NewsBeast: Still Hiring
Despite fresh questions about Newsweek's viability in print, NewsBeast is still hiring. Editor Tina Brown announced the hire ofNew York Observer’s Politickereditor David Freedlander as a senior political correspondent, focusing on the Romney campaign. In his new role, Freedlander will write daily for the Beast, contribute to Newsweek and help planNewsweek’s political coverage through the 2012 election.
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Barack Obama, Redditor in Chief?
Announced with almost zero notice, president Barack Obama is right now participating in Reddit's popular "Ask Me Anything" forum, which he joined at4:30pm EST. The forums, which allow any and all registered Reddit users to ask questions of the participant, have attracted some big-time celebrities and personalities of note, including Paul Krugman, Larry King, and Congressman Darrell Issa.
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Audit Notes: GOP gold bugs, too big to fail, Niall Ferguson
The Republicans have put the gold standard (or at least a commission to study the idea) back in their party's platform. Paul Krugman writes about why this is nuts: There is a remarkably widespread view that at least gold has had stable purchasing power. But nothing could be further from the truth.
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‘I am @TimesPublicEdit’: Author of Brisbane parody account unveiled
Scratchbomb. com | New York Observer Matthew Callan, a writer and Queens resident, announced Wednesday morning that he is the author of the @TimesPublicEdit Twitter account parodying New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane.
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Introducing Best Business Writing 2012
Columbia Journalism Review Books has just published Best Business Writing 2012, featuring pieces by Paul Krugman, Martin Wolf, Matt Taibbi, Warren Buffett, and Hugh Grant (yes, that Hugh Grant). The following is Dean Starkman's introduction to the book Malcolm Gladwell calls “riveting and indispensible. " Introduction In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, Damian Tambini, a professor.
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Reddit Drops the Filter and Draws Audiences
In the digital age, Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) forum has quickly become a highly sought after destination on press junkets and book tours. The unmoderated, crowdsourced Q&A format has attracted huge names like Louis C. K. , Stephen Colbert, Rep. Darrell Issa (R. -Calif. ) and even Nobel winner Paul Krugman to the Cond Nast-owned social platform.
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Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal is more prolific than you’ll ever be
“In the intensely competitive world of financial blogging, dominated by young men who work long hours and comment on every new development, Weisenthal stands apart by starting earlier, writing… Read more.
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Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle
One man’s ruthless, relentless pursuit of market minutiae.
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