Paul Krugman is retiring from Princeton University

[CTyankee]

Announced today in his NYT blog:

Some news: I have informed Princeton that I will be retiring at the end of next academic year, that is, in June 2015. In August 2015 I will join the faculty of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, as a professor in the Ph.D. program in economics. I will also become a distinguished scholar at the Graduate Center’s Luxembourg Income Study Center. You can read all about it in the Graduate Center’s announcement.

None of this will have any effect on my work at the New York Times, so unless you’re just curious about the guy behind the column and blog, you needn’t read further.

So, why am I doing this? It is in no sense a commentary on Princeton, which has been a wonderful place for me professionally and personally. In particular, I can’t praise Princeton’s intellectual quality enough: it has been a great honor to be affiliated with a superb public policy school and an equally superb economics department.

Full blog here http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/changes-personalprofessional/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0

Best wishes on his new venue in 2015!

[Jefferson23]

1. Awesome, congrats..City University of New York. way to go Krugman.

[CTyankee]

2. I wonder if he got tired of teaching undergrads...even at Princeton.

It's a real loss to Princeton and a feather in CUNY's cap.

I love the way Dr. K is transitioning as he ages and has developed a more intense sense of social justice. He is wonderful.

[Jefferson23]

3. I am biased about Krugman..I love just about everything about his work and how he

conducts himself among the right wingers...lol.

When I read this, I took his choice of City University to be about let me
teach city kids..yay!

[CTyankee]

4. he is leading by example.

he could have stayed safely cocooned in the Ivy League but chooses instead to teach a more diverse student population...this is exciting...I am happy for him...

[Jefferson23]

5. Agreed...he walks the walk. I had hoped he and Joseph Stiglitz would be

part of the Obama economic advisory team..at the very least. sigh.

[CTyankee]

6. Krugman wrote something about this a while back.

He said it was better that he was independent of those in power, it made him freer to express his true thoughts. I thought that was absolutely right on. But then, I think everything is does and says is right on....and I've noticed that his predictions have invariably come true.

[Jefferson23]

7. I get that, but his input could have been persued even without him literally

being part of the team..Stiglitz too.

It is our loss.

I am excited for his future students...we need more like him in this world.

[CTyankee]

8. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he HAD been consulted by WH staff on several occasions.

I'm sure for the most part they admire him.

[applegrove]

9. Big Congrats to Krugman.