The Wives Of Great Male Writers, Chapter 5,000Irin Carmon2/22/10 4:00pm1192EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhile in St. Croix, Paul Krugman wears the same plaid shirt for days. Another lesson from the this week's The New Yorker profile of the Times op-ed columnist: Krugman has a symbiotic relationship with his (far-lesser-known) wife, Robin Wells.