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Politics & Polls #42: Where Are All the Jobs?

In his campaign promise to make America great again, President Donald Trump vowed to “bring jobs back to America” and revitalize the labor industry. Now, one hundred days into the Trump presidency, some are wondering: Where are all of those jobs?Believers say job creation is right around the corner, while critics argue little…

WWS Reacts: Rolling Back Net Neutrality?

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai outlined a plan last week to reduce government oversight over high-speed internet service providers. The plan would curb significant portions of the net neutrality rules established in 2015, formally known as the Open Internet Order. These policies forbid…

Wilson School Faculty Member Elected to American Philosophical Society

Two Princeton University faculty members were among the 32 new members recently elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s oldest scholarly organization.Anne Case, who holds a joint appointment at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics, was elected to…

Massey Wins Award from Society for Applied Anthropology for Three Decades of Work on Mexico-U.S. Migration

The board of directors for the Society for Applied Anthropology has awarded Douglas S. Massey and Jorge Durand Arp-Nisen the 2018 Bronislaw Malinowski Award in recognition of their 30 years of work on the Mexican Migration Project.The Mexican Migration Project was created in 1982 by an interdisciplinary team of researchers to…

Deaton Accepts Part-Time Appointment as USC Presidential Professor of Economics

Sir Angus Deaton has been appointed Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California (USC). This honor is presented to individuals who have high academic recognition combined with landmark contributions to society.Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will spend two…

WWS Reacts: Trump’s Tax Cut Plan

President Donald Trump announced an outline of his new tax plan this week, proposing sharp reductions in individual and business income tax rates and a new tax code that could significantly benefit the wealthy. Listed in a series of bullet points, the plan proposes lowering the business tax rate from 35 to 15 percent. For…

Synthetic Gas Would Cut Air Pollution but Worsen Climate Damage in China

Severe air pollution has plagued China's industrial regions in recent decades, a situation that has received worldwide attention thanks to photos of Beijing and other smog-blanketed Chinese cities.More than just an eyesore, China's smog has created a public health crisis that has led the Chinese government to declare a war on…

News Clips: Week of Apr. 24 - 30

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.Commentary: 'Girls' gave us the wrong ideas about millennialsChicago Tribune (Anne Case and Angus…

Achen Receives Graduate Mentoring Award

Christopher Achen, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics at Princeton University, and a faculty associate at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been named a 2017 recipient of Princeton's Graduate…

Nabil Shaikh Featured on Princeton’s Website on April 27