Paul Krugman in Conversation with David Brancaccio: Toward a Great Society

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is an op-ed columnist for
The New York Times and the author of the best seller
The Conscience of a Liberal. He is one of the founders of the "new trade theory", for which he was awarded the John Bates Clark medal by the American Economic Association. A professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, Krugman has written or edited 20 books and more than 200 papers in professional journals and edited volumes.

David Brancaccio is host and senior editor of NOW on PBS, public television's award-winning newsmagazine of investigative reporting and in-depth interviews. A broadcaster for 32 years, Brancaccio worked alongside the legendary journalist Bill Moyers at NOW before flying solo beginning in 2005.