[lit-ideas] Re: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:09:29 -0800
Irene wrote
Politics is absolutely about money. What do you think the rampant
lobbying is about? As for science being where the money is, if that
were true, science would be flooded with aspirants to scientific
degrees. As it turns out, they were all heading to the hedge funds and
there's now a shortage of scientists. If you think hedge funds aren't
political, check out who the Secretary of the Treasury is, which is to
say the former CEO of Morgan Stanley, and the Secretary before him and
on and on.
Phil was talking about where the money is in Academia. In large
'research universities,' one's appeal as a faculty member in any of the
hard sciences increases with the square of the funding one can attract.
There are a few 'pure scientists' out there (just as there are 'pure
mathematicians,' but university trustees like results). Grants to the
science departments from government and industry help keep the lights on
in the classics department. This is known as 'trickle down education.'
Robert Paul
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