Friday, January 23, 2009

Princeton in the news!

From the Conscience of a Liberal - Paul Krugman
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

January 22, 2009, 7:40 pm — Updated: 7:40 pm -->
Invasion of the DC body-snatchers

So, for the second time since I arrived at Princeton in 2000, my “boss” — people who know academic life will know why I put quotes around that — has been abducted by Washington. First, a terrific economics department head named Ben Bernanke went off to do something or other in the monetary field.

Now, Anne-Marie Slaughter, the equally terrific dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, has gone off to become the director of policy planning at the State Department. I assume that means we’ll now actually have planned policy — what an innovation!

Anyway, congrats to Anne-Marie — and kudos to Secretary Clinton for making such a great hire.

Smart is the new cool. Living in Princeton, I feel a justified sense of pride

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