News Clips: Week of Jan. 15 - 21

Jan 16 2018

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.

Shafted by bosses, disdained by punters, loved by hackers — yes, it's freelance workers
Brinkwire (Alan Krueger)

Lifelong Leveraging of Human Potential: The Role of Public Libraries in Lifelong Workforce Training
Georgetown Public Policy Review (Alan Krueger)

More Calls For MEPs To Cover Gig Economy Workers
401KSpecialist (Alan Krueger)

Congress must reinvent retirement savings for the gig economy
The Hill (Alan Krueger)

Men Aren't Exactly Stampeding Back to Work
Bloomberg View (Alan Krueger)

Trump's first year: The report card
CNN (by Julian Zelizer)

Is The Stormy Daniels Story The End Of The Sex Scandal — Or The Quiet Before The Storm?
BuzzFeed News (Julian Zelizer)

Why are we blind to inequality?
Eleven Myanmar (Angus Deaton)

Spotlight to shine on inspiring individuals at 36th Maharana Mewar Foundation Annual Awards
India GB News (Angus Deaton)

Apocalypse: More companies hiring, more Americans keeping their own money
American Thinker (Alan Blinder)

Madaleno raises $439K for Md. gubernatorial campaign
Washington Blade (Benjamin Jealous)

Help Companies Avoid Layoffs in Recessions
Bloomberg View (Alexandre Mas)

Stalin Vol 2: Waiting for Hitler review: A flawed masterpiece
The Irish Times (Stephen Kotkin)

President Trump’s Inaugural Address — One Year Later
WAMU 88.5 (Julian Zelizer)

Think Too Much: Some good news about fake news
Albany Democrat-Herald (Andrew Guess)

Democrats and Republicans point fingers over government shutdown
Brisbane Times (Julian Zelizer)

Talking double standards and sexual harassment over donuts.
Monterey County Weekly (Julian Zelizer)

1 big thing: ​The Donald's Democratic surge
AXIOS (Julian Zelizer)

OnPolitics Today: Moore's no more. And now Trump and the GOP could pay.
USA Today (Julian Zelizer)

Trump's Democratic surge: the numbers that rattle Republicans
AXIOS (Julian Zelizer)

Analysis: Why Trump will pay the political price for Roy Moore's loss in Alabama
USA Today (Julian Zelizer)

Trump's First Year: Everyone Hates Us Now
Esquire (Robert Keohane)

Inside ETFs to Feature Mohamed El-Erian, Serena Williams
ThinkAdvisor (Alan Krueger)

Uber drivers, freelancers and other independent contractors are getting a tax cut
Los Angeles Times (Alan Krueger)

Shafted by bosses, disdained by punters, loved by hackers — yes, it's freelance workers
The Register (Alan Krueger)

Contract workers get tax cut under new law
The Ledger (Alan Krueger)

Shades of green: What gig economy workers can learn from the success of romance writers
WTOP (Alan Krueger)

Why Students Drop Out of College, and How We Can Do Something About It
Huffington Post (Eldar Shafir)

Potential Government Shutdown Unnecessary, Costly and Could Leave Children Without a Lifeline, Experts Say
Newswise (Martin Gilens)

MLK Day highlights the importance of advocacy, service on campus
Technician (Benjamin Jealous)

2018 Comes In like a Lion
American Thinker (Alan Blinder)

In one year, the Trump show broke all the codes
LaPresse.ca (Julian Zelizer)

Did Americans Turn to Opioids Out of Despair – or Just Because They Were There?
New York Magazine (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Johnson: Medicaid spending is a contributing cause of America's opioid epidemic
Journal Sentinel (Alan Krueger)

MLK Reflection: King would bemoan the injustice of today’s ‘wealthfare’
The Kansas City Star (Martin Gilens)

2018 Comes in Like a Lion
Canada Free Press (Alan Blinder)