News Clips: Week of Jan. 8 - 14

Jan 08 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.

Beyond minimum wage increases (external link)
VCReporter (Alan Krueger)

Entrepreneurs: Here's Good News For 2018 (external link)
Forbes (Alan Krueger)

SOS: Stopping Opioid Slaughter (external link)
PhilanthropyRoundtable (Anne Case, Angus Deaton, & Alan Krueger)

Economic Outlook (external link)
SentinelSource.com (Alan Krueger)

A Government Permission Slip to Work? (external link)
Investor's Business Daily (Alan Krueger)

The hidden story behind lower life expectancy (external link)
The Hill (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Hayward: Trump claims to 'know the answer' to drug crisis, but experts disagree about causes (external link)
Breitbart (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

Why a better economy won't stop the opioid epidemic (external link)
Vox (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

‘You have a problem’: CNN historian says Trump can only blame himself for ‘explosive’ racism debate (external link)
Raw Story (Julian Zelizer)

ANALYSIS: One year in, Donald Trump has redefined the presidency (external link)
ABC News (Julian Zelizer)

Fake news' went viral in 2016. This expert studied who clicked. (external link)
NBC News (Andrew Guess)

Trump's profanity delights supporters, horrifies etiquette experts (external link)
Reuters (Julian Zelizer)

Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage? (external link)
Kaiser Health News (Paul Starr)

The Reality Show In The White House (external link)
WBUR (Julian Zelizer)

These Claims About 'Chain Migration' Are Not Accurate (external link)
The New York Times (Marta Tienda)

Opening India's Economy to Corporate America: “Retail Apocalypse” to Save the American Dream? (external link)
Centre for Research on Globalization (Angus Deaton)

Wolfe: As midterm elections near, take a deeper look at harmful campaign finance laws (external link)
The Daily Northwestern (Martin Gilens)

Why are so many Americans crowdfunding their healthcare? (external link)
Financial Times (Paul Starr)

The 'Oprah2020' hashtag bandwagon (external link)
Yale Climate Connections (Michael Oppenheimer)

Wielding Data, Women Force a Reckoning Over Bias in the Economics Field (external link)
The New York Times (Janet Currie)

Fed is urged to rewrite its playbook (external link)
SFGATE (Atif Mian)

The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017 Is Already Delivering (external link)
Investor's Business Daily (Alan Blinder)

Critics question on Trump’s reluctance to undergo medical checkup (external link)
Pakistan Today (Julian Zelizer)

Is the imperial presidency at risk under Trump? Historians say no (external link)
CNN (Julian Zelizer)

Supply, Not Despair, Caused the Opioid Epidemic (external link)
Bloomberg View (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)

As Economy Strengthens, Fed Ponders New Approach (external link)
The New York Times (Atif Mian)

What these early-20th-century scholars got right about 21st-century politics (external link)
Vox (Martin Gilens)

Fail again, fail better: theatre’s high-flyers on flops and fiascos (external link)
The Stage (Johannes Haushofer)

Radio Reconciliation (external link)
Slate (Betsy Levy Paluck)

Fighting Bias With Board Games (external link)
WABE (Betsy Levy Paluck)

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates for African-Americans, Hispanics (external link)
Luxora Leader (Alan Blinder and Mark Watson)

The Fed Just Can't Quit Its Forward Guidance Habit (external link)
Bloomberg (Alan Blinder)

Grapevine: Not in Tune with the Occasion (external link)
The Jerusalem Post (Daniel Kurtzer)

With nuclear codes in hands, why doesn't the president get a thorough mental check? (external link)
CNN (Julian Zelizer)

Health-Care Reform's Disability Blind Spot (external link)
Paul Starr (The American Prospect)

Forget baby boxes, everyone needs Angus Deaton's Great Escape (external link)
The National (Angus Deaton)

Suicide Emerges In Understanding The Opioid Epidemic (external link)
WBUR (Angus Deaton and Anne Case)

Climate Denial Pervades the Trump White House, But It's Hitting Some Limits (external link)
Inside Climate News (Michael Oppenheimer)

Dying from despair, but no help from Trump (external link)
SocialistWorker.org (Anne Case)

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics (external link)
Interlochen Public Radio (Alan Blinder and Mark Watson)

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics (external link)
NPR (Alan Blinder and Mark Watson)

What that new major study about fake news means (and doesn't mean) for fact-checkers (external link)
Poynter (Andrew Guess)

Fighting Bias With Board Games (external link)
WUNC (Betsy Levy Paluck)

The underwhelming fact that Jared Kushner has ties with Israeli businesses (external link)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Daniel Kurtzer)

Letter: It's time for single-payer health care (external link)
The Roanoke Times (Angus Deaton)

Populists have one big thing right: Democracies are becoming less open (external link)
The Washington Post (Alan Blinder and Martin Gilens)