Paul Krugman has at least three jobs: he is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University; Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics; and, perhaps his best-known job, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. In recognition of his influence the Washington Monthly called him “the most important political columnist in America.”

In addition, Krugman’s reputation extends well beyond the United States. The Asia Times recently called him “the Mick Jagger of political/economic punditry.” The Economist said he is “the most celebrated economist of his generation.” And recently Mr. Krugman received what is often called the European Pulitzer Prize: the Prince of Asturias Award, given by the King of Spain.

Krugman is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles, many of them on international trade and finance. In recognition of his work, he received the John Bates Clark Medal from the American Economic Association, an award given every two years to the top economist under the age of forty.

For the past twenty years, Krugman has written extensively for noneconomists, including a monthly column, “The Dismal Science,” for the online magazine Slate. He has also been a columnist for Fortune and has published articles in The New Republic, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, and the New York Times Magazine, before joining the New York Times.

Prior to his appointment at Princeton, Krugman served on the faculty of MIT; his last post was Ford International Professor of Economics. He also taught at Yale and Stanford Universities, and prior to that he was the senior international economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers under Ronald Reagan. (Yes, he served under a conservative president.)

He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Group of Thirty. He has served as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations, as well as to a number of countries including Portugal and the Philippines.

Krugman and his wife live in the Princeton area with their two cats.