Robin Elizabeth Wells | |
|---|---|
 Wells in 2010 | |
| 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]
