For one of our final Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival at Home events, we welcome New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize–winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss our economic future and the impact of the covid pandemic and national recession on inequality, drawing from his latest book, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, as well as current events. Don’t miss this compelling overview of today’s major policy issues, moderated by renowned CBS News chief investigative journalist and senior national correspondent, Jim Axelrod, a Montclair resident.

Please submit any questions you may have for Paul before the event via email montclairliteraryfestival@gmail.com.

This is part of Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival at Home series and replaces the event originally planned for Sunday March 29 at 4:00 pm.

If you bought a ticket to the original event, you will have been invited to attend this event already. If you didn’t already buy a ticket, you can purchase an online-event only ticket ($10) via PayPal link here (two-step process – pay via PayPal and then you will be sent an invite to join the event). If you are joining the online event only, you can buy Arguing with Zombies from Festival partner Watchung Booksellers here. Shipping and contactless pick-up available.

Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics and a best-selling author, has been a columnist at The New York Times for 20 years. A Distinguished Professor at City University of New York, he resides in New York City.

Jim Axelrod is the chief investigative and senior national correspondent for CBS News. He has covered a broad range of domestic and international stories, notably the war in Iraq and the American invasion of Afghanistan. Axelrod’s investigative journalism has been honored with a Peabody Award, a George Polk Award, an Edward R. Murrow award, and three Emmy awards.

Succeed2gether’s fourth annual Montclair Literary Festival was scheduled for March 25 to 29, 2020. Due to the current health crisis, Festival Day is now planned for Saturday September 12, 2020.

The festival is a fundraiser for Montclair-based non-profit Succeed2gether, which offers after-school one-on-one tutoring and enrichment classes with the aim of closing the education opportunity gap in Essex County. You can read more about Succeed2gether and the festival at www.succeed2gether.org.

The festival organizing committee wishes to thank event partners Succeed2gether staff, Montclair Public Library, First Congregational Church, and Watchung Booksellers, and festival sponsors Rao’s, Montclair State University, West of Hudson Realty Group, and community members.