Paul Krugman to Leave Princeton in 2015 to Take Role at CUNY

Paul Krugman, a Nobel-prize winning economist who has used his New York Times column to champion greater government action to stimulate growth and create jobs, is leaving Princeton University for the City University of New York.

He will join the faculty of the Graduate Center as a professor in the Ph.D. program in economics and become a scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study Center, Krugman wrote today in his column for the New York Times. CUNY also released a statement on Krugman’s appointment.