Awkward

I believe New York Times columnist and Princeton Professor Paul Krugman is one of America's best and brightest economists. As you may remember in October Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.”

If you have ever read any of Krugman's works over the last 8 years, you also know he has been an ardent Bush critic. Maybe one of the harshest critics, from even before Bush was made President. It thus must have been a bit awkward yesterday in the Oval Office as President Bush and Professor Krugman met face to face. The President congratulated Professor Krugman, along with two other Nobel Award winners.

BREAKING NEWS: Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel

I have long been a fan of Paul Krugman, and was so very happy to read this morning that he had been awarded a Nobel Prize for Economics.

If you don't know Paul Krugman, he is a Princeton Professor of Economics and is a New York Times columnist. Professor Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
Professor Krugman was the lone of winner of the 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) award and the latest in a string of American researchers to be honored. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised Krugman for formulating a new theory to answer questions about free trade.