Each year, POLITICO Magazine publishes its distinguished POLITICO 50 list, recognizing the key thinkers, doers and visionaries who are behind the most influential ideas in American politics. The bipartisan list casts a wide net among lawmakers, writers, inventors, activists, entertainers, economists and more — last year’s selection included Pope Francis, Justice Anthony Kennedy and Caitlyn Jenner.

Three of Princeton University’s own, economists Anne Case MPA ’83, Ph.D. ’88, Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton and Alan Krueger, have been selected to the list, which is published in POLITICO Magazine’s September/October issue.

Case and Deaton's 2015 paper, "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century," has received widespread and ongoing attention for uncovering a “quiet epidemic” of drugs, alcohol and suicides plaguing middle-aged white Americans.

Krueger, former chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, is vocal on the proposal to raise the federal minimum wage. He has conducted research showing that when it is set at a moderate level, the minimum wage has little or no effect on employment.

Case is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and director of the Research Program in Development Studies. Deaton is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus; Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Emeritus; and Senior Scholar at the Wilson School. Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Wilson School and director of the Survey Research Center.

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