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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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Krueger Sounded The Alarm: Will He Answer It?

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.29.2011

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Peter S. Goodman

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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Obama's Chief Economist Considers Leaving White House

Bloomberg | Hans Nichols | Posted 08.06.2011

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President Barack Obama’s chief economist, Austan Goolsbee, is considering resigning and returning to the University of Chicago where his leave as a ...

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1Q Economic Growth Weaker Than Originally Thought - Blame Unemployment

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — High unemployment isn't going away. The slow pace of economic growth shows the recovery is too weak to generate enough jobs for 15...

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