What Alan Krueger Taught Us
The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.
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Princeton economics professor and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend at the age of 58. The cause of death was suicide. Krueger made enormous contributions to the field of economics and, more broadly, to policies that affect the lives of all Americans.
"Alan embodied what I think is best in economists," said former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who was a mentor to Krueger while Krueger was getting
