Alan B. Krueger, who advised two presidents and helped lead economics toward a more scientific approach to research and policymaking, died over the weekend. Princeton University, where Mr. Krueger taught for more than three decades, announced his death on Monday, without specifying a cause. Mr. Krueger was an assistant secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2010, as President Barack Obama’s administration tried to lead the United States out of its worst recession since the Great Depression. From 1994 to 1995, he was the Labor Department’s chief economist under President Bill Clinton. A labor economist by training, Mr. Krueger was part of a new wave of economists who pushed the field toward a more empirical mind-set, with an emphasis on data rather than theory.

Source: New York Times March 18, 2019 14:26 UTC