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2019-03-19 -Obits-

Alan Krueger, Democratic labor economist, dies at 58

[Politico] Alan Krueger, a celebrated labor economist whose research influenced Democratic policy on the minimum wage, died this past weekend at 58.

The cause of death was suicide, according to a statement from Krueger’s family released by Princeton University, where Krueger held a chair in political economy.

Krueger was chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under Obama and chief economist at the Labor Department under President Bill Clinton. A leading scholar on jobs, wages, and income distribution, Krueger joined the Princeton faculty in 1987.

"He saw economic policy not as a matter of abstract theories, but as a way to make people’s lives better," former President Barack Obama said in a written statement. "Through it all, he had a perpetual smile and a gentle spirit‐even when he was correcting you."

"A wonderful person, a very great economist," tweeted the Nobel prizewinning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, "who transformed our understanding of labor markets, and one of our finest public servants."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-19 02:30|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 He did to himself what he did to employment.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-19 06:32|| 2019-03-19 06:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The first victim of the end of net neutrality.

Posted by AlanC 2019-03-19 08:02|| 2019-03-19 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 a way to make people’s lives better

That's easy. Don't be a political tool and don't sell snake oil. You don't need a PhD. to see that...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-19 08:26|| 2019-03-19 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The inner guilt for having associated with both Clinton and Obama no doubt overcame him. Leaving a wife and two children to fend for themselves, a cowardly act.

Suicide can become a multi-generational curse.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-19 08:30|| 2019-03-19 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 The fact Krugman liked him tells me was a commie asshole

Posted by Frank G 2019-03-19 08:33|| 2019-03-19 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Rendered himself carbon neutral. I know several other "experts" that need to follow that example.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-03-19 08:58|| 2019-03-19 08:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Is it Trump's fault yet?

Posted by gorb 2019-03-19 12:15|| 2019-03-19 12:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice headline. For Democrats aka the Party of Infanticide, suicide is just another example of "died of natural causes".

Posted by Rex Mundi 2019-03-19 14:45|| 2019-03-19 14:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Another Clinton confidant suicide, wow, YJCMTSU...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2019-03-19 18:04|| 2019-03-19 18:04|| Front Page Top

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