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Alan Krueger, Democratic labor economist, dies at 58 |
2019-03-19 |
[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 |
#9 Another Clinton confidant suicide, wow, YJCMTSU... |
Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-03-19 18:04 |
#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 |
#7 Is it Trump's fault yet? |
Posted by: gorb 2019-03-19 12:15 |
#6 Rendered himself carbon neutral. I know several other "experts" that need to follow that example. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2019-03-19 08:58 |
#5 The fact Krugman liked him tells me was a commie asshole |
Posted by: Frank G 2019-03-19 08:33 |
#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 |
#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 |
#2 The first victim of the end of net neutrality. |
Posted by: AlanC 2019-03-19 08:02 |
#1 He did to himself what he did to employment. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-19 06:32 |