In an appearance at the 2013 WSJ CFO Network, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger discussed some of the factors that have created wide levels of income inequality and suggested strengthening communities and union representation can help bridge the gap. (Originally published June 18, 2013)Alan Krueger, a top economic adviser to former President Barack Obama and one of the nation’s most influential labor-market experts, died Saturday at the age of 58. A labor economist who wrote papers on everything from rock ’n’ roll concerts to the roots of terrorism, Mr. Obama tapped Mr. Krueger in 2011 to serve as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He also did stints as a chief economist at the Labor Department during the Clinton administration and as a high-level official in the Treasury Department...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 18, 2019 15:04 UTC