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News January 05, 2016
News Clips: Week of Jan. 4-10
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Clinton's gamble on MuslimsThe Hill (quotes Julian Zelizer)OPED: Job bias in the social media eraYork Dispatch (by Steven Strauss)December is another scorcherBend Bulletin (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Column: Job bias in the social media eraGloucester Times (by Steven Strauss)The Voting Rights Act: 50 Years LaterCSPAN3 (video of Julian Zelizer)What is the mountain of butterflies? How were they found?The Christian Science Monitor…
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News December 29, 2015
News Clips: Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.14 states in US all set to raise wagesOman Tribune (quotes Alan Krueger)La campaña de Estados Unidos deja aparcada la economíaInternacional - EL PAÍS (quotes Julian Zelizer)A harrowing look at U.S. opiate nightmareThe Pueblo Chieftain (quotes Angus Deaton)Disparada de Donald Trump expõe dilema de Partido RepublicanoFolha de S.Paulo (quotes Julian Zelizer)How is the economy doing?Ceylon Today (quotes Markus Prior)Yellen's Job…
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News December 22, 2015
News Clips: Week of Dec. 21-27
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Major world events in 2015Kuwait News Agency (mentions Angus Deaton)Decency and Dynamism for 2016Washington Free Beacon (mentions Harold James)ANALYSIS: President Obama Pursues Quiet Strategy Through Noise in FInal YearABC News (quotes Julian Zelizer)In Final Year, Obama Seeks to Stave off Lame-Duck StatusABC News (quotes Julian Zelizer)It's time to regulate Uber if a 'gig' economy is here to stayThe Globe and Mail (quotes Alan…
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News December 17, 2015
A Tale of Two Ports: The Epic Story of Chinese Direct Investment in the Greek Port of Piraeus
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News December 14, 2015
News Clips: Week of Dec. 14-20
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Why the Paris agreement could mark the beginning of the end for global warming denialOrange County Register (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Sharing is the new black, as P2P economy goes globalThe Malay Mail Online (mentions Alan Krueger)The great escape from poverty: newly minted economics Nobel laureate Angus Deaton worries crony capitalism will kill off economic growthThe Free Library (quotes Angus Deaton)New dawn of the 'peer-to…
News December 10, 2015
Angus Deaton receives Nobel Prize medal, bringing Princeton tally to 40
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News December 08, 2015
News Clips: Week of Dec. 7-13
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Zelizer: How Trump plays the politics of fearWCTI12.com (by Julian Zelizer)COP21: Final draft of climate deal ready for adoption: French hostsTri-County Sun Times (mentions Michael Oppenheimer)Scientists may have just solved one of the most troubling mysteries about sea-level riseStuff.co.nz (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Nations approve historic global climate accordNature.com (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Nearly 200 nations pledge…
News December 08, 2015
Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Janet M. Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2015 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).Named after the first Chair of CSWEP, the Bell Award – which was created in 1998 as part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the committee – is given annually to a woman who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession.Currie was selected…
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News December 03, 2015
Dealing With Daesh: Stay The Course
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News December 01, 2015
News Clips: Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptlyThe Amazing Self-Restraint of the Pro-Life MovementSlate Magazine (podcast interview with Julian Zelizer)The history of lies on the campaign trailPBS NewsHour (quotes Julian Zelizer)Killing Woodrow Wilson: The Battle of PrincetonHuffington Post (mentions Cecilia Rouse)Severe inequality in the Middle East led to the rise of ISIS, says French economistInternational Business Times AU (mentions Alan Krueger)Is Obamacare a Job…
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News November 23, 2015
News Clips: Week of Nov. 23-29
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptlyAngus Deaton's contribution to Indian policy makingGeneral Knowledge Today (mentions Angus Deaton)Why Cash Transfer's First 'Beneficiaries' Want to Opt Out of the JAMThe Wire (quotes Angus Deaton)George Osborne's Autumn Statement sees UK cuts to increase Foreign AidDaily Mail (mentions Angus Deaton)Hillary Clinton to unveil major jobs and infrastructure spending proposalThe Washington Post (quotes Alan Krueger)Clinton to unveil…
The Blood Telegram Book
News November 17, 2015
Bass Wins Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Nonfiction Book
Gary Bass, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, won the Ramnath Goenka Award for best nonfiction book for “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide.”The award, given by The Indian Express, is presented to a book published in the English language that covers an issue or idea that cannot be covered fully by newspaper or television.Bass will accept his award during an awards dinner hosted by Arun Jaitley, minister of finance for the Government of India, and Aamir Khan, an Indian actor, director and Bollywood star.This is not the first…
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News November 17, 2015
News Clips: Week of Nov. 16-22
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptlyVoters' new focus on foreign policy could reshuffle U.S. presidential raceXinhua (quotes Julian Zelizer)The Rug Rat RaceOutside the Beltway (mentions Alan Krueger)President Eisgruber sends message on recent discussions about campus climatePrinceton University (mentions Deborah Prentice and Shirley Tilghman)Minimum wage needs a raiseWisconsin State Journal (quotes Alan Krueger)ROBERT KEOHANE receives James Madison Award in…
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News November 10, 2015
News Clips: Week of Nov. 9-15
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptlyCommentary: Driverless cars will change transportation landscapePortland Press Herald (written by Steven Strauss)It's True, We Don't Give Veterans What They DeserveWall Street Journal (letter written by Uwe Reinhardt)Democratic debate: A weird night for Clinton, SandersCNN (quotes Julian Zelizer)Can Trump survive?KBZK Bozeman News (written by Julian Zelizer)Opinion: A weird night for Clinton, SandersKSPR (written by Julian…
News November 09, 2015
News Clips: PNAS Study by Anne Case and Angus Deaton
The following is a compilation of news clips related to the paper by Anne Case and Angus Deaton titled, "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century," which was published online Nov. 2, 2015, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.America's Fraying Social TiesEconomics 21 (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Good physical health critical to economic well-beingPhilly.com (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)New program to stem shortage of psychiatristsThe Times-Tribune (Angus Deaton)Obesity, Fatty Foods, Death and Sciencecreators.com (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)US Life Expectancy Drops as Many Causes…