As economists go, they do not come much mightier or more influential than Paul Krugman. A Nobel laureate who teaches at Princeton University, Krugman is also a columnist for the New York Times, whose commentaries and blog, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” are read with an almost religious fervor by liberal (in the American sense) economists and journalists around the world.
在经济学家中，战力最强、影响最大的莫过于克鲁格曼（Paul Krugman）。克鲁格曼任教于普林斯顿大学，他是诺贝尔奖获得者，并在《纽约时报》辟有专栏，他的评论和博客“一个自由派的良知”（The Conscience of a Liberal）让全世界（美国标准的）自由派经济学家和记者们带着朝圣的狂热趋之若鹜。他也是Twitter上的超级明星，粉丝超过100万。一些热情的追随者的博客时刻与他同步，转载大师的智慧。