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Alan B. Krueger is a U.S. economist, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He served as chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and was a member of the Cabinet from 2011 to 2013.
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OCT 3, 2007 • Transcript
What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism
If we are to address terrorism successfully, we need to make a more rigorous examination of its causes. Many believe that it springs from poverty ...