Krugman also contradicted popular beliefs in 1990 on the topic of income inequality. Previously, people thought that trade with a poorer country would lead to more income inequality in over there, but Krugman argued that this deal would harm the developed country more. When a country with highly skilled workers trades with another country with lower skilled workers, the lower skilled workers in the developed country will lose out - thus widening income inequality. 

In “The CPI and the Rat Race”, an article which he wrote in 1996, he talked about the claim that inflation measured through CPI had been overestimated in the past year. In the article, he addresses one of the arguments by his critics - If you lowered inflation and recalculated people’s incomes all the way back to the 1950s, the median income would be living underneath the “current” poverty line. He rebukes this argument through talking about possessions and living standards of families in the two time periods - including discussions about television, working plumbing and transportation. Since those near the poverty line in 1996 would still have had those possessions, the median income earners of the 1950s still wouldn’t. Thus, he also makes the claim that people were still not satisfied due to their relative income compared to others. 

Lastly, in his online blog column on the New York Times, Krugman often denounces his opponents. His most recent target would be the 45th president, Donald Trump. He constantly criticizes his policies - all of which can be found in this link: https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=ExtendedByline&region=Header&pgtype=article

Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

Prize motivation: "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"

Field: international and regional economics

Contribution: Integrated the previously disparate research fields into a new, international trade and economic geography.

You have too much faith in the government and your political viewpoints which cause you to make very juvenile mistakes. I still remember how you attacked me for saying that the projected growth of GDP from 2008 to 2013 would end up being significantly lower than 15.6% and how in the end there was only 6.3% growth.