This has been making the rounds and is worth a read: How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang? It's a slightly different take on the "academia as a dual labor market" argument we all know and love, with some illustrative empirical data, such as this: How...
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With all due respect to Paul, my latte-sipping colleague, it bears pointing out that neither he nor his libertarian friend have taken the time to consider the possibility that Sarah.