Michael Perelman writes:
>The stars and the TAs are not comparable. It's like comparing Michael Jordan
>with a semi-professional player. I mention this because the star system in
>academia is one of the more pernicious trends. Wasn't Columbia offering
>Robert Barro, a hack at best, $300,000 + all sorts of subsidiary perqs? At
>the same time, TAs and adjuncts offer cut rate services.
>
>You are correct that the difference is probably greater in medicine and
>economics.
Lubiano responds:
Neither Doug nor I wrote that salaries for pomo stars and TAs are comparable. In fact, the post from Doug and those from me were addressing the understanding that not all pomos are equally compensated. I orginally gave the range of pomo academic employment to say explicitly that not all pomos were stars.
Wahneema