Alan Krueger: Difference between revisions

Krueger was found dead at his home in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] on March 16, 2019.<ref name=":1" /> His family stated the cause of death was [[suicide]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/03/18/alan-krueger-prominent-princeton-economist-passes-away|title=Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away|website=Princeton University|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> In a statement, former President Obama declared: "Alan was someone who was deeper than numbers on a screen and charts on a page," adding, "He saw economic policy not as a matter of abstract theories, but as a way to make people’s lives better."<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/family-says-obamas-top-economic-adviser-killed-himself Family says Obama's top economic adviser killed himself] Joseph Lawler, ''[[Washington Examiner]]'', March 18, 2019</ref> His death was commemorated by ''[[The Economist]]'' with a full-page obituary running in their [[The Economist#Features|''Free Exchange'']] column.<ref>{{Cite news|last=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/03/21/alan-krueger-natural-talent|title=Alan Krueger, natural talent|date=March 21, 2019|work=The Economist|access-date=March 21, 2019|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> His sometime partner [[Daniel Kahneman]] said of Kreuger's death that in his view “I don’t think being intellectually interested in wellbeing<ref>e.g."UnderstqndingUnderstanding Subjectivesubjective wellbeingwell-being", Chapter 7,by Kreuger and Allan Stone, in "For Good Measure Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP: Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP", OECD Publishing, 27 Nov 2018</ref> has much impact on personal wellbeing one way or another.”<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/7cf78f4f-d40a-44f1-9946-e78eccb3da57</ref>