News Clips: Week of Jan. 18-24

Jan 19 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.

Unfair US System!
Qatar Tribine (quotes Martin Gilens)

Good work, humans: Storks have stopped migrating so they can live off our trash
Online News Uzbekistan (quotes David Wilcove)

Sanders health plan would be far more generous than Medicare
The Norman Transcript (quotes Tsung-Mei Cheng)

Sanders Revives Talk of Single-Payer System, Contrasting Differences With Clinton
Flagler Live (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)

Democratic candidates debate 'single-payer,' but what does that mean?
Reading Eagle (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)

3 Key Lessons For Investors From This Year's Roller-Coaster Market
Real Deal Retirment (mentions Alan Blinder)

Kasich circles Christie, his prey, preparing for the kill | Moran
NJ.com (quotes Julian Zelizer)

Giving poor people cash makes them happier — and their cashless neighbors miserable
Vox (mentions Johannes Haushofer)

Good work, humans: Storks have stopped migrating so they can live off our trash
The Washington Post (quotes David Wilcove)

Our Biggest Problems Aren't What You Think -- And They Will Require Collective Solutions
Forbes (mentions Alan Krueger)

Debate Sharpens Over Single-Payer Health Care, But What Is It Exactly?
NPR (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)

Reconsidering the Middle: A Reply to Martin Gilens by Peter K. Enns
PoliticalScienceNow.com (quotes Martin Gilens)

Clinton/Krugman Defend "Hardheaded Realism"....and Plutocracy
Huffington Post (quotes Martin Gilens)

The media has a Bernie Sanders problem: What the elites miss about politics the rest of us understand
Salon (quotes Martin Gilens)

Analysis: Israel's Right-Wing Comes Out, Slurs Flying, Against US Ambassador Shapiro
Mintpress News (blog) (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

Why the poor do better on these simple tests of financial common sense
The Washington Post (mentions Eldar Shafir)

Democratic candidates debate 'single-payer,' but what does that mean?
Behavioral.net (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)

Small classes - Do they really help kids learn?
The Courier-Journal (mentions Alan Krueger)

The best jobs of 2016 all have something in common
Market Watch (mentions Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman)

Who do you trust?
Cherry Hill Courier Post (mentions Susan Fiske)

IMF admonishes China to be more transparent on Forex policies
FXStreet (quotes Alan Blinder)

Get Ready for the Post-Obama Boom
The Wall Street Journal (quotes Alan Blinder)

ALAN BLINDER: Markets Are Scaring Themselves
Universal Journal Review (by Alan Blinder)

Markets Are Scaring Themselves
The Wall Street Journal (by Alan Blinder)

Here's one way to beat this market storm
Yahoo! News (quotes Alan Blinder)

UPDATE: The best jobs of 2016 all have something in common
Morningstar (mentions Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman)

Study Shows Low-Wage Earners Have Trouble Meeting Basic Needs, Falling Behind
Atlanta Blackstar (mentions Alan Krueger)

Despite Iran deal, U.S.-Iran relations still very much up in the air
Islamic Republic News Agency (by Seyed Hossein Mousavian)

Irán y el mundo: la era del acuerdo nuclear
United Explanations (quotes Seyed Hossein Mousavian)

Democracy Hijacked--and Only Bernie Sanders Gives a Damn
Daily Kos (quotes Martin Gilens)

Unfairness, alienation stoke Americans' anger
The Register-Guard (quotes Martin Gilens)

Sanders health plan would be far more generous than Medicare
The Ledger Independent (quotes Tsung-Mei Cheng)

Glassdoor's 25 Best Jobs in America for 2016
Builder Magazine (mentions Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman)

Democratic Candidates Debate 'Single-Payer,' But What Does That Mean?
Kaiser Health News (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)

Central banks key for markets?
KQET (interview with Alan Blinder)

Out of GOP race, Pataki Weighs Options
The Wall Street Journal (quotes Julian Zelizer)

Congress turns its attention to high drug prices
WUWM (quotes Adel Mahmoud)

Congress turns its attention to high drug prices
WWNO (quotes Adel Mahmoud)

Americans Have A Right To Know Who's Buying Their Politicians
Opposing Views (quotes Martin Gilens)

Nicholas Kristof: America's aristocracy
National Post (quotes Martin Gilens)

Bernie Sanders Is Right That Reparations Would Be Divisive
Slate Magazine (mentions Martin Gilens)

Israeli anti-Semites and American Jewboys, From Dan Shapiro to Wyatt Earp
Haaretz (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

United States ambassador called 'little Jew boy' by former Netanyahu aide
Pop Herald (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

Former Advisor to Netanyahu Describes US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro as "A Little Jew Boy"
JP Updates (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

How are dougnuts to humans like "royal jelly" to bees? Biologist Shirley Tilghman explains
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (quotes Shirley Tilghman)

Quick Hits: Profiling the FTC's Ed Felten, the Obama Administration Preps Internet Identity System, and More
ReputationDefender (mentions Ed Felten)

Princeton's commitment to diverse faculty: Q&A with Provost Lee and Dean of the Faculty Prentice
Princeton University (interview with Deborah Prentice)

Alan Blinder: Markets Are Scaring Themselves
Real Daily Buzz (by Alan Blinder)

House Passes Meng's Intern Protection Act
Western Queens Gazette (mentions Alan Blinder)

How Christie's 'petulant child' remark ranks in history of insulting a president
NJ.com (quotes Julian Zelizer)

İran'ın yaptırım zincirinden kurtulması bölgeyi etkileyecek
Yeni Haber (quotes Seyed Hossein Mousavian)

Sanders health plan would be far more generous than Medicare
CBS46 News (quotes Tsung-Mei Cheng)

Sanders Health Plan Would Be More Generous Than Medicare
The New York Times (quotes Tsung-Mei Cheng)

Corruption's Not the Problem, It's Inequality
BillMoyers.com (mentions Martin Gilens)

America the Unfair?
The New York Times (quotes Martin Gilens)

Lunchtime Seminar - Angus Deaton's Contributions to Economics
Economic Society of Astralia - New South Wales (mentions Angus Deaton)

Growth dynamics
Economic Times (blog) (by Angus Deaton)

Race Without Class: the "Bougie" Sensibility of Ta-Nehesi Coates
CounterPunch (quotes Martin Gilens)

Former Netanyahu adviser uses Yiddish slur against U.S. envoy Shapiro
NanoNews (blog) (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

Former Netanyahu adviser uses Hebrew slur against US envoy Shapiro
The Jerusalem Post (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

Former Netanyahu Aide Says U.S. Ambassador Is A 'Little Jew Boy'
Huffington Post (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

Former Netanyahu Aide Calls  U.S. Ambassador to Israel 'Jew Boy'
Haaretz (mentions Daniel Kurtzer)

An oligarchy has broken our democracy. It must be dislodged
Popular Resistance (quotes Martin Gilens)

Chris Christie Warns Voters: Don't Elect a First-Term Senator
MyTechBits (quotes Julian Zelizer)

Five ways to close the gender pay gap
Financial Review (mentions Alexandre Mas)

ASU professor Matthew Whitaker voluntarily resigns
The State Press (mentions Keith Wailoo)

Best government money can buy
Cape Cod Times (quotes Martin Gilens)

Yaptırmların kalkması iyi mi oldu, kötü mü?
Haber7 (quotes Seyed Hossein Mousavian)

Christie scrambles to reconcile positions with straight-talk pledge
Capital New York (quotes Julian Zelizer)

Academic H-1Bs by the numbers
Science Magazine (quotes Shirley Tilghman)

Slow Growth Clouds Fight Angainst Poverty
The Wall Street Journal (quotes Angus Deaton)

Naked Statistics - An Interview with Charles Wheelan
Business 2 Community (mentions Alan Krueger)

Missed opportunities
MIT News (quotes Douglas Massey)

6 ways to bridge that stubborn gender pay gap
The Seattle Times (mentions Alexandre Mas)

Fifteen-year national survey of 'fragile families' fuels wide range of research
Phys.org (quotes Sara McLanahan)

The World's 62 Richest People Hold as Much Wealth as the Bottom 3.5 Billion, New Report Says
The Wall Street Journal (blog) (mentions Angus Deaton)

View from the Grassroots - Jan. 17, 2016: More climate hysteria debunked
NorthJersey.com (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)

The Case Against Bernie Sanders
New York Magazine (mentions Alan Krueger)

An Oligarchy Has Broken Our Democracy. It Must Be Dislodged.
Rebellious Independent News & FIlm (quotes Martin Gilens)

An oligarchy has broken our democracy. It must be dislodged
The Guardian (quotes Martin Gilens)