News Clips: Week of Dec. 18 - 24

Dec 27 2017

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.

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S. (external link)
NPR (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row, and experts are panicking (external link)
The Week (Anne Case)

Man in Charge of US Mortality Stats Is 'Really Alarmed' (external link)
Newser (Anne Case)

Life expectancy drops again as opioid deaths surge in US (external link)
89.3KPCC (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Drug overdoses contribute to drop in US life expectancy (external link)
Washington Examiner (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

US Life Expectancy Drops For The Second Year In A Row Because Of Opioid Deaths (external link)
BuzzFeed (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

WorkersCompensation.com (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)
 

What’s Bigger Than A Tsunami? Republicans Are About to Find Out. So Are Democrats. (external link)
San Diego Free Press (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

U.S. Life Expectancy Down for Second Year, Driven by Drug Overdose Deaths (external link)
The Washington Free Beacon (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

US life expectancy is dropping for the first time since the AIDS epidemic (external link)
Quartz (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Experts Concerned as U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Second Year in a Row (external link)
Complex.com (Anne Case)

Media, Academia Freak After Trump Removed Climate Change As a National Security Threat (external link)
Townhall (Michael Oppenheimer)

Trump unveils details of ‘America First’ security strategy (external link)
The Globe and Mail (Michael Oppenheimer)

The Journal Gazette (Michael Oppenheimer)
 

Under Trump, climate change not a national security threat (external link)
The News Tribune (Michael Oppenheimer)

26 voices on why the free press matters (external link)
CNN (Julian Zelizer)

The Hill (Julian Zelizer)

Populism Is a Problem. Elitist Technocrats Aren’t the Solution. (external link)
Foreign Policy (Alan Blinder and Martin Gilens)

The GOP tax bill is business as usual in America’s unequal democracy (external link)
The Washington Post (Martin Gilens)

Have yourself a dismal Christmas (external link)
The Economist (Angus Deaton)

Henry Idema: Tax cuts: A Christmas present? (external link)
Holland Sentinel (Angus Deaton)

In battle with Mueller, Trump has a big advantage that Nixon did not (external link)
The Washington Post (Julian Zelizer)

The Early Edition: December 18, 2017 (external link)
Just Security (Julian Zelizer)

‘Despot has slaves in his inner circle’ (external link)
The Times of India (Stephen Kotkin)

How Philippine President Duterte has transformed the Asian geopolitical landscape (external link)
South China Morning Post (Stephen Kotkin)

Life expectancy drops again as opioid deaths surge in U.S. (external link)
KTOO Public Media (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Life Expectancy Drops As Opioid Deaths Rise In U.S. (external link)
Health Thoroughfare (Anne Case)

New Study Linking Global Warming To Refugees Is ‘Most Idiotic Use Of Statistics’ This Expert Has Seen In A Long Time (external link)
The Libertarian Republic (Michael Oppenheimer)

‘Idiotic Use of Statistics’: Expert Destroys Study Linking Refugees to Climate Change (external link)
The Western Journal (Michael Oppenheimer)

The Grand Bargain to Give the West Back Its Mojo (external link)
The American Interest (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

When does political discord escalate to incitement? Ask Donald Trump (external link)
The Guardian (Susan Fiske)

Study: Babies of mothers who live near fracking sites face increased health risks (external link)
Tribune-Review (Janet Currie)

The Cheat Sheet (Susan Fiske)

Trump unveils details of 'America First' security strategy (external link)
Click Lancashire (Michael Oppenheimer)

A Liberal Defense of Populism (external link)
The American Interest (Andrew Moravcsik)

Blowing Up the Deficit Is Part of the Plan (external link)
The Atlantic (Paul Starr)

Riding A Motorcycle During A Full Moon Increases Risk Of Death, Study Finds (external link)
StudyFinds (Eldar Shafir)

Firing Mueller and Shades of Nixon (external link)
Bloomberg (Julian Zelizer)

Fracking Impacts Infant Health, New Study Reveals (external link)
Town Topics (Janet Currie)

Trump team spent the morning debating what’s next after taxes (external link)
The Washington Post (Alan Krueger)

Episode 189: The Best Author Interviews of 2017 (external link)
The American Interest (Stephen Kotkin)

A Tale of Two Hegemons: The Anglo-American Roots of the Postwar International System (external link)
War On the Rocks (G. John Ikenberry)

LOOSE ENDS: Harold Shapiro is using his knowledge to help people better understand how to save our environment (external link)
centraljersey.com (Harold Shapiro)

Millionth ‘Ethnic Hungarian’ Receives Citizenship (external link)
Transitions Online (Kim Lane Scheppele)

Half of America thinks we’re making it up (external link)
Poynter. (Andrew Guess)

Egyptian Reporter's Journey From Think Tank to Jail Cell (external link)
U.S. News & World Report (Daniel Kurtzer)

Economists Skeptical That GOP Tax Bill Will Boost Economy (external link)
NPR (Alan Blinder)

The Opioid Crisis Comes to the Workplace (external link)
The Atlantic (Alan Krueger)

Egyptian reporter's journey from think tank to jail cell (external link)
The News Tribune (Daniel Kurtzer)

10 Charts That Tell The Story Of Energy In 2017 (external link)
Forbes (Janet Currie)

If You’re Not a Democracy, You’re Not European Anymore (external link)
Foreign Policy (Kim Lane Scheppele)

Report: Hillary Clinton Mulling Role in 2018 Midterms (external link)
Breitbart (Julian Zelizer)

Economically speaking, gift-giving can be a waste of money (external link)
The Verge (Janet Currie)

Government Structure—Not Just Personnel—Needs to Change (external link)
truthdig (Martin Gilens)

Unfairness, not inequality, is the real problem (external link)
The Straits Times (by Angus Deaton)