Nobel Prize Winner Paul Krugman to Visit Willamette

Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will deliver the spring Atkinson Lecture Friday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in Smith Auditorium.

Tickets are available to Willamette students, faculty and staff at the University Center Information Desk. The first ticket is free with a University ID, and the second is $15, with a limit of two per person. Due to limited seating, tickets likely will not be available for the general public.

Krugman is an influential Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times and professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. He received the Nobel Prize in October for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity. He is well-known for his work in international economics, including trade theory, economic geography and international finance, and has a unique ability to explain complex issues with wit and passion.

His books include The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century and The Conscience of a Liberal.

Krugman earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University and his doctorate from MIT. From 1982-83 he worked at the White House as a staff member of the Council of Economic Advisors. Before joining the Princeton faculty, he taught at Yale, MIT, the London School of Economics, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.