Alan Krueger

University professors Alan Blinder ’67 and Alan Krueger were included on the Economist’s list of potential candidates for the next Federal Reserve chairman. 

Wilson School professor Alan Krueger had never seen anything like it before: In February 2009, with the country still reeling from the biggest financial crisis in a generation, the government faced immense political pressure to pass major economic legislation.

Wilson School professor Alan Krueger will step down from his post as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy next month and return to the University. Krueger, who was nominated to the post in March 2009, is the latest of several economic officials in President Barack Obama’s administration to announce their resignations.

Wilson School professor Alan Krueger will step down from his post as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy next month and return to the University. Krueger, who was nominated to the post in March 2009, is the latest of several economic officials in President Barack Obama’s administration to announce their resignations.