Robin Elizabeth Wells | |
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Born | 1959 (age 65–66) |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Paul Krugman |
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Robin Elizabeth Wells (born 1959) [1] is an American economist. She is the co-author of several economics texts,mostly with her husband Paul Krugman. [2]
Wells received her BA from the University of Chicago and her PhD from the University of California,Berkeley. [3] Wells did a post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has taught or done research at the University of Michigan,the University of Southampton,Stanford University,MIT,and Princeton University. [2]
Wells is the co-author of several economics books with her husband,economist Paul Krugman,Macroeconomics and Microeconomics,that rank among the top selling economics textbooks used in U.S. colleges today.[ citation needed ] For The Occupy Handbook ,Wells served as guest editor and contributed an original article. She is a frequent writer for The Guardian online,has published articles in economics journals,and has blogged for The Huffington Post . With her husband,she has co-authored both articles and book reviews for The New York Review of Books . Wells teaches Forrest Yoga in Princeton,New Jersey. [2]