Alan Krueger, former White House economist, dead at 58 from suicide

nydailynews.com ^ | March 18, 2019 | Gina Salamone

[John W]

Alan Krueger, a Princeton University economist and a top adviser under two Presidents, has died at age 58 after taking his own life.

“It is with tremendous sadness we share that Professor Alan B. Krueger, beloved husband, father, son, brother, and Princeton professor of economics took his own life over the weekend,” a statement from his family reads. “The family requests the time and space to grieve and remember him. In lieu of flowers, we encourage those wishing to honor Alan to make a contribution to the charity of their choice.”

His passing was initially announced Monday by Princeton, which praised him as “a true leader in his field, known and admired for both his research and teaching.”

Krueger was chief economist at the Department of Labor under President Clinton from 1994 to 1995, and chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama from 2011 to 2013.

[5th MEB]

NEVER BLAME YOURSELF FOR SOMEBODY ELSE’S DECISION!

Unless you actually helped them to get it done, IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT!

[jocon307]

RIP to this man, I’m sorry he was so troubled and my heart goes out to his family. I really have no idea who he was, but I did want to say I really love the request to give to a charity of your choice, that is a very good idea.

[Kickaha]

Absolutely! I know for myself that there’s three or four ex-presidents I’d like to outlive!

[Deplorable American1776]

FIAT means Fix it Again, Tony...

[hal ogen]

Well...given the incredibly crummy economy under the liar and under The Greatest Fraud Ever , I guess this dead guy figured he didn’t know what the he** he was doing

[BobL]

Carbs dude, it’s all carbs, particularly wheat. See some of the Keto threads here.

[caww]

About two years ago ‘Alan Krueger’ gave a Keynote address in “Well Being Over The Life Course”... (happiness, stress, sadness, meaningfulness)....

In it he stressed that Trumps election (a month earlier) would lead to the most severe policy reversals in US History. That low educated white Americans voted for Trump, further adding that they were medicated by opiods, marijuana usage or perscription drugs for suicidal tendencies.

I listened to his video on this...he truly didn’t like Trump and mentioned the ‘socking’ election. But I was astounded that anyone in Government would have listened to this guys take on anything!

[caww]

He was a screwed up elitist who thought everyone in the midwest were idiots and druggies and why they voted for Trump.

You don’t give a Keynote address in the “Well Being Over The Life Course”...and then take your own life two years later.

[OrangeHoof]

Christians (whole other debate on whether they are saved to begin with or not) who commit suicide, do so, because they focus on themselves & not Jesus Christ the perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2).

I was one of them. I was depressed and wanted desperately to die. I did three things that pulled me out of it. I exercised to exhaustion (which encourages hormones that energize the brain) regularly, took part in cognitive therapy sessions (breaking down the lies we tell ourselves) and spent more time in prayer and Bible reading.

I was still self-centered though and God did not hammer that point until I lost my job of 20 years and He took me through a year of unemployment. Now I am at a point where I hope soon to start retirement, move out of the U.S. and spend my retirement years in lay ministry.

But I do not judge those who contemplate or commit suicide because I know what the feeling is like and, at it's worse, your only desire is for the misery to end and you see no way out but death. Praise God that He rescued me twice.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad. RIP.

[ronnie raygun]

Cinton, Obama, nuff sed, bye bye!

[John W]

Watched it after you mentioned it. Noticed he stuttered more when in full blown lie.

[WalterSkinner]

Track ALL suicides—posted June 10, 2018

[Roman_War_Criminal]

If you think suicide is too big and deep and dark to cure with Bible verses - I’ve got some more bad news for you.

Yeah it’s what I meant....

[Roman_War_Criminal]

I think every Christian, and everybody else for that matter has thought about suicide at one point or another. It’s a simple easy tactic that the enemy likes to use to finish off another one and reap the spoils of their soul.

Atheists and agnostics can scoff & mock all they want about prayers & the Bible Study. It works! Jesus didn’t die a horrendous death on a cross for us to “live our best life NOW”. He wants us Saved first and foremost.

Being in a position where the only light a person sees is through death or suicide to escape the horrors of life (yes, it can be horrible), is about the darkest place somebody can ever be in. It’s also a lie from the pit of hell.

Thank you for sharing your testimony about your desperate situation. Hopefully, somebody else reading it will consider your words. I’ve had some moments of panic in my life as well where for a split second the only thought was to jump off the cliff.

Thankfully, Our Lord Saves and He is also the God of “Brand New Starts”.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

BTW, I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic with my post to you. Been in your shoes and know how dark that side of the coin is - everybody that has ever lived has thought suicide.

If you believe the Bible (I do), then you should know that your life & soul is worth more than everything in the World.

Mark 8:36
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and to lose his soul?

You will have trouble in this life:
John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me (JESUS) you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Those who put their faith in Christ win the Eternal Lottery Ticket:
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

[EVO X]

I doubt we will ever find out. However, a quick search produces this Politico article.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/18/alan-krueger-dies-1225350

At the bottom of the article:

“Two months ago Krueger and another well-known economist, Harvard’s Lawrence Katz, walked back a 2016 paper on the gig economy that showed an increase in gig economy workers between 2005 and 2015. Subsequent research by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reached the opposite conclusion, and the economists backed down.”

That is not good for a tenured professor’s reputation.

[utahagen]

Suicides in the US have gone up 30% in the last 20 years. What have decreased during the same period are religious belief and practice. Up until the late 60s, Catholic children learned the Baltimore Catechism. Here are Question Number 6 and its answer: “Why did God make you? God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.” When you don't go to church or synagogue — or you hardly ever go — you look for answers in THIS life, and even being very successful can be unfulfilling. Yes, mental illness is real. However, if, say pancreatic cancer were increasing at the same rate “depression” seems to be increasing — my point being that “depression” alone is blamed for all these suicides — people would be howling that something must be afoot. I do not buy that mental illness alone accounts for all these suicides. I have read the tweets and blogs of people who knew Alan Krueger well and NOT ONE alluded to his having a history of depression — not one. This is very unusual when someone commits suicide. Almost always, people will write something about the person having battled demons and finally being at peace. Krueger was teaching full-time, had a book coming out in June, was not separated from his wife, and was tweeting daily until the end of January. He does not sound “mentally ill”. What happened? What broke his spirit?

[dp0622]

Well when something traumatic happens in your life and you don’t have faith, it makes it a LOT harder to come out of it.

even if nothing happens, when you get past 40 and start to realize that this thing here really ends, you can get very despondent without faith.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Agree with your post.
Just curious if you think since he didn’t have any signs of illness, depression, addictions - if there might be more to his death? As if it would be convenient for him to disappear. (Tinfoil hat).