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| Born | 1959 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Spouse | Paul Krugman |
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]
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