New York Times columnist, Princeton economist to present lecture at K-State on American health care

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Monday, March 12, 2007

NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST, PRINCETON ECONOMIST TO PRESENT LECTURE AT K-STATE ON AMERICAN HEALTH CARE

MANHATTAN -- Princeton University economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman will speak at Kansas State University Thursday, March 15.

Krugman will present "The Crisis in American Health Care" at 7:30 p.m. in Forum Hall, K-State Student Union. The lecture is being presented by K-State's department of economics.

Lloyd Thomas, professor and head of the department of economics at K-State, encourages students, faculty and members of the community to come out to hear Krugman speak.

"Paul Krugman is one of the very rare great economists who can cut through to the essence of the most important issues of the times and communicate the relevant economic analysis to a non-economist with great clarity," Thomas said.

Krugman received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before beginning his career at Princeton, Krugman taught at Yale, MIT and Stanford. He has written many books, including textbooks such as the "Principles of Economics" and "International Economics: Theory and Policy." He also has written for such publications as Fortune and Slate magazines, the Harvard Business Review, The Economist and Washington Monthly. Krugman began writing for The New York Times in 2000.

According to Thomas, Krugman established his economics reputation in the area of international finance with his innovative work on foreign exchange crises. In 1991, Krugman was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal. The honor is given by the American Economic Association every two years in recognition of the foremost American economist under the age of 40.

Krugman will also speak on "Will There be a Dollar Crisis" at 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 16, in Room 328 Waters Hall. Both lectures are free and open to the public.