I saw the name and thought "that sounds familiar", only to realize it's the economist I've seen on social media a lot lately (e.g., he was recently interviewed by Hasan Minhaj [0]).
https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman
And winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics.
(Somewhat embarrassed to admit this is how I learned of Paul Krugman)