tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post3393749580669184795..comments2024-01-14T17:27:30.511-05:00Comments on Law, Legislation, and Lunacy: Balance Be Not for KagameDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-77862895563259057962008-10-05T00:55:00.000-04:002008-10-05T00:55:00.000-04:00Absolutely correct in terms of society as a whole,...Absolutely correct in terms of society as a whole, but individuals - if they have the resources - are still going to try for those ice-cream-taste-tester jobs. This is, of course, not a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>The fact that this depresses wages in those sectors is a blessing in disguise of sorts; if the pay is crap then only people who really WANT those jobs are going to go after them.Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-3807288586776417532008-09-30T20:01:00.000-04:002008-09-30T20:01:00.000-04:00Wasn't this a key problem with Marx's great idea t...Wasn't this a key problem with Marx's great idea that each person could just do what he felt like doing all day and the economy would still function?Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046641822669890457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-45256474544076130552008-09-30T19:56:00.000-04:002008-09-30T19:56:00.000-04:00Good point. The "cool" factor of well-protected fa...Good point. The "cool" factor of well-protected faculty jobs is so high that many new PHD flood the job market, but the market isn't really allowed to compensate because of tight controls on professors' wages, benefits, and research packages. So there just aren't enough of those jobs to go around.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046641822669890457noreply@blogger.com