The New York Times columnists: Thomas Friedman, Paul Krugman, Nicholas D. Kristof, Roger Cohen, William Kristol, David Brooks, William Safire

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Thomas Friedman, Paul Krugman, Nicholas D. Kristof, Roger Cohen, William Kristol, David Brooks, William Safire, Maureen Dowd, David Pogue, Andrew Ross Sorkin, A. M. Rosenthal, James Reston, Rob Walker, Frank Rich, Stephen Biddle, Ben Zimmer, Tyler Cowen, Randy Cohen, Anthony Lewis, Bill Keller, Ross Douthat, Robert H. Frank, Anna Quindlen, Russell Baker, Gail Collins, Alex Kuczynski, Virginia Heffernan, Red Smith, Bob Herbert, Joseph Nocera, John Tierney, Enid Nemy, George Vecsey, Clyde Haberman, Dave Anderson, Dan Barry, Ron Lieber, David Leonhardt, Charles M. Blow, David Carr. Excerpt: Paul Robin Krugman ( ; 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. 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. Krugman is known in academia for his work on international economics (including trade theory, economic geography, and international finance), liquidity traps and currency crises. According to the IDEAS/RePEc rankings, he is the 15th most widely cited economist in the world today. As of 2008, Krugman has written 20 books and has published over 200 scholarly articles in professional journals and edited volumes. He has also written more than 750 columns dealing with current economic and political issues for The New York Times. Kru...