academic economics

Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org
Tue Jun 19 13:13:36 PDT 2001


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


>The trustees, and apparently ultimately the legislature, has decided
>it wants to put UIC on the academic map. Can anyone explain the logic
>of this? Does it make economic sense, or is it mainly vanity?

Since the money for these hires are no doubt being made with funds from rich donors - who are no doubt putting their names on buildings and endowed fellowships- how can you separate "economic sense" from vanity in such a situation. Intellectual prestige is all about vanity.

-- Nathan Newman



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