DATE: 3 p.m. Oct. 2

EVENT: Paul Krugman is an economist and prolific writer who divides his energies among many pursuits: he is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, a centenary professor at the London School of Economics, and, perhaps, his best-known job, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.

Krugman was recently honored for his work on global trade patterns by winning the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

He is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles, many of them on international trade and finance. For more than 20 years, Krugman has written extensively for non-economists, including a monthly column, “The Dismal Science,” for the online magazine Slate. He has been a columnist for Fortune and published articles in the New Republic, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, and the New York Times Magazine, before joining the New York Times.

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 and the United Nations, as well as to a number of countries including Portugal and the Philippines.

Those interested in attending the event can get tickets from the Michigan Union Ticket Office, 530 S. State St. The office can be reached at (734) 763-8587. The tickets are free, but only two per person. Tickets for Rackham Auditorium, which had been the original venue, will be honored.

Krugman is also the keynote speaker for the festschrift in honor of Alan Deardorff, associate dean at the Ford School.

PLACE: Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave.

SPONSORS: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center

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