Alan Krueger

Top White House Economist On The Job Market's 'Encouraging Sign'

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

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WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - January U.S. jobs data shows the economy continues to heal, top White House economist Alan Krueger said on Friday, str...

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Occupying the GOP

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.19.2012

Nowhere can the impact of the Occupy insurgency be better seen than in the fumbling efforts of Romney's GOP rivals to capture the new anti-corporate sentiment.

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Alan Krueger: Rising Income Inequality Causing 'Unhealthy Division In Opportunities'

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.12.2012

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The wealth gap in the U.S. has gotten to such a high level that maintaining it without hurting the economy is unsustainable, according to Alan Krueger...

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Obama Whiffs On Campaign Promise

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama made an ambitious pledge as part of his agenda to fight poverty, one he claimed would help "m...

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A 99er Gets Hired In North Carolina

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.06.2011

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Before landing a full-time job that started last week, Ali Braswell didn't think she could make September's rent. She'd started scoping out storage op...

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Obama's New Top Economist: Long-Term Jobless Snooze More, Seek Jobs Less

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Alan Krueger, the Princeton economist recruited to lead President Obama's economics team just before the president is set to announce a ...

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Krueger Sounded The Alarm: Will He Answer It?

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.29.2011

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Back in March, when he still enjoyed remove from the policy fray as an academic at Princeton, Alan Krueger used unusually blunt language to sound the alarm that the American economy was staring at the sort of crisis that seemed unlikely to be fixed absent sustained and aggressive action. So the real question now is whether Krueger's appointment to the top spot on President Obama's economic advisory team will in fact alter the policies coming out of Washington, delivering initiatives that can create jobs. On that score, unfortunately, there is limited reason for optimism.

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Labor Economist Nominated To Become Obama Economic Adviser, Signaling Shift

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.29.2011

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Even as Washington was preoccupied with the debt ceiling standoff this summer, Americans repeatedly told pollsters that the job market, not the federa...

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Obama Nominates Princeton Economist To Fill Key Post

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has chosen labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post as the White House scrambles for solutions ...

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Doubt and Confidence on Hitting the Debt Ceiling

Alan B. Krueger | Posted 09.16.2011

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Unless there are some tricks that I'm not aware of, if the debt ceiling is not raised by August 2nd, the government will soon need to make some painful decisions that would likely irreversibly harm the country's fiscal reputation.

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More Clap Trap on Class Size From the Gates-funded CAP

Leonie Haimson | Posted 06.18.2011

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Last week, the Center for American Progress released a report by Matthew Chingos. CAP has put out a series of crude reports posing as educational research, but this must be one of the least impressive.

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Mayor Bloomberg Booed and Excoriated for his Proposed Teacher Layoffs and Attacks on Seniority Protections

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Bloomberg was roundly booed at the annual Queens St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday for threatening to lay off of over 4,000 teachers and his attack on their seniority rights.

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Attending An Elite College Won't Increase Earnings: Study

Posted 05.25.2011

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According to new study, students who apply to elite colleges but attend less competitive schools will earn just as much as those who the most competit...

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The Ivy League Earnings Myth

usnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League School or other super elite college to earn the highest salaries? Many families believe that graduates who...

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Alan Krueger Will Depart Treasury To Retain Princeton Tenure

The Daily Princetonian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wilson School professor Alan Krueger will step down from his post as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy next month and return to ...

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Top Treasury Economist Leaving

AP | BY MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Krueger, a top economics official at the Department of Treasury, will leave his post next month to return to academia, becoming the latest in a s...

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