News Clips: Week of Dec. 19 - 25

Dec 20 2016

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.

Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment
CostaRica.com (Angus Deaton)

Nobel economist Angus Deaton on a year of political earthquakes
Financial Times (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

A controversial American school chain and the battle to teach Africa's children
Quartz (Angus Deaton)

Nobel economist Angus Deaton: Workers should be far more concerned about driverless cars than China trade
American Enterprise Institute (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Trump's stances may complicate Israeli diplomacy
The Boston Globe (Daniel Kurtzer) 

Report Finds Shale Development Improves Local Economies
Natural Gas Intelligence (Janet Currie) 

The Friedman bull in the Middle East china shop
National Catholic Review (Daniel Kurtzer) 

An opioid epidemic is what happens when pain is treated only with pills
Washington Post (Keith Wailoo) 

Education, Polarization, and Protest
Education Week (Nolan McCarty) 

Climate pact: From celebrations to threats in a year, thanks to 'Trump effect'
Hindustan Times (Michael Oppenheimer) 

White House reveals plans to save jobs from AI
FederalNewsRadio (Ed Felten) 

COMMENTARY: Everyman for himself in a post-American world
Jakarta Post (Robert Keohane) 

Why the white working class votes against itself
Washington Post (Martin Gilens) 

There May Be More Eyes on You Than You Think
Psychology Today (Emily Pronin)

In Defense Of David Friedman As Ambassador To Israel
The Jewish Week (Daniel Kurtzer) 

Gingrich: Conflict of Interests Abound for Trump
Eastern Daily News (Julian Zelizer) 

Faced With a Lawsuit, Debate Commission Loses One-Third of Its Board Members
IVN News (Shirley Tilghman)

What Ambassador David Friedman Means for American Jews
Forward (Dan Kurtzer) 

The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China. It's Automation.
NYT (Jan De Loecker)

Obama makes final push on key legacy areas
FOX 5 San Diego (Julian Zelizer) 

Healthcare continues to feel the pain of reform in 2016
Healthcare Dive (Paul Starr) 

Obama White House's final tech recommendation: Invest in AI
Computerworld (Ed Felten) 

Playing wait-and-see
The Statesman (Michael Oppenheimer) 

How Trump and an Obamacare rollback could affect the growing gig economy in 2017
Chicago Tribune (Alan Krueger) 

Nearly 95% of all new jobs during Obama era were part-time, or contract
Investing.com (Alan Krueger) 

Republican Presidents and Recessions: A Pattern Trump Would Like to Break
Bloomberg (Alan Blinder & Mark Watson) 

Obama helped bring back economy, restless voters chose Trump
AP (Alan Krueger) 

Krueger on Trump’s Infrastructure
Bloomberg Surveillance featuring Alan Krueger 

How China Beats the U.S. at Clean-Air Progress
Bloomberg (Alan Krueger) 

Kudlow Is a Troubling Economics Adviser for Trump
Bloomberg (Alan Krueger) 

Donald Trump, Twitterer-in-Chief?
RealClearPolitics (Julian Zelizer) 

Democrats Push for Pardon of Undocumented Immigrant ‘Dreamers’
KQED (Julian Zelizer)

Five enduring mysteries about Trump's victory
CNN by Julian Zelizer 

The China Drone Theft
WSJ (Alan Blinder and Alan Krueger) 

Trump team doomed to repeat Bush's mistakes
CNN by Michael Oppenheimer