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NYT columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize, blogs the news

11:53 AM Mon, Oct 13, 2008 |
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ts-krugman-190.jpgPaul Krugman Wins Economics Nobel
Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. NYT reports,

"It's been an extremely weird day, but weird in a positive way," Mr. Krugman said in an interview on his way to a Washington meeting for the Group of Thirty, an international body from the public and private sectors that discusses international economics. He said he was mostly "preoccupied with the hassles" of trying to make all his scheduled meetings on Monday and answer a constantly ringing cellphone.

Mr. Krugman received the award for his work on international trade and economic geography. In particular, the prize committee lauded his work for "having shown the effects of economies of scale on trade patterns and on the location of economic activity...

Shortly after learning of the award, Krugman blogged (An interesting morning) at the Times:

A funny thing happened to me this morning ...

1,818 readers took advantage of the comments function to congratulate him before the Times closed comments on the post.

Reuters' take: Bush critic Krugman wins 2008 Nobel for economics

AFP: Bush critic Krugman wins Nobel Economics Prize


He's having a far better day than I am: Laid low by a draining cold, I'm headed back to bed.

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