American economist and professor. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has numerous published publications to his credit and has written articles for The New York Times since 2000 . He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the analysis of economic activity. Awarded in 2008 the Nobel Prize in Economics and recognized as the most notable economist of his generation.
Biographical synthesis
He was born on 28 as February as 1953 in New York , United States .
Studies
He received his BA in Economics at Yale University in 1974 . He later obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1977 and was a professor at Yale, MIT, the London School of Economics, and Stanford , before joining the faculty at Princeton University, where he has remained since the year 2000 .
Recognitions
He was distinguished in the year 1991 with the medal John Bates Clark , the American Economic Association awarded every two years to the economist under forty who has made the most important contribution to economic science. It has been considered by the magazine ” The Economist ” as the “most notable economist of his generation.” The 23 of June of 2004 was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences in recognition of his contributions to the theory of currency crises and the analysis of monetary policy. The 13 of October of 2008 won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.
Publications
Writes from 2000 for ” The New York Times ” and his articles are translated and reproduced in media around the world. He is the author of nearly twenty books, burst onto the literary scene with ” The age of limited expectations ” and criticized the fans of miraculous recipes in ” Selling prosperity “.
Awards
- Nobel Prize of Economics 2008 .
- Prince of Asturias Award 2004 .
- John Bates Clark Medal 1991 .