News Clips: Week of Feb. 20 - 26

Feb 24 2017

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.

Gates Foundation Should Credit Market Reforms for Poverty Reduction
Competitive Enterprise Institute (Angus Deaton)

The long view
Stabroek News (Julian Zelizer) 

Why do we enjoy seeing someone else fail?
The Standard (Susan Fiske) 

Consumer confidential: More drug pricing lunacy
GoErie.com (Uwe Reinhardt) 

An Economist On The 'Miserable 21st Century'
WUWM (Alan Krueger) 

An Immigration Marriage Made in Hell
Slate Magazine (Douglas Massey) 

Ex-Federal Reserve official warns of US economy 'sugar high,' possible 'trade war' under Trump plans 
AZCentral.com (Alan Blinder) 

GOP border tax plan would hurt exports -NY Fed economist
Reuters (Oleg Itskhoki) 

The Presidential Rating Game
American Thinker (Julian Zelizer) 

'What We Are Seeing With Trump Is Fundamentally Different'
The Atlantic (Julian Zelizer) 

America Needs a New Milton Friedman
Bloomberg (Alan Krueger) 

The basics of crypto, in 4.5 pages, using only small words lawmakers can understand
Boing Boing (Ed Felten) 

Blinder Understates Bank Compliance Burden
Wall Street Journal (Alan Blinder) 

Basic income and mental health gains
The Hindu (Johannes Haushofer) 

Washington eyes closer review of Chinese investments in US
Chinadaily USA (Sophie Meunier)

Why we buy what we buy
Rexburg Standard Journal (Eldar Shafir) 

Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1000-Per-Day Drugs
ProPublica (Uwe Reinhardt) 

The Kids Are All Right: Good News From the Dismal Science About Our Children
Harvard International Review (Janet Currie) 

Economists to Trump: It's Not the Trade Deficit, Stupid
Foreign Policy (Gene Grossman) 

With Growth Of The Gig Economy, States Rethink How Workers Get Benefits
Huffington Post (Alan Krueger) 

Money influences politics, drilling adds to air pollution — Mailbox for Feb. 23
Greeley Tribune (Martin Gilens)