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ely and the previously inducted fellows andrew d martin of the department of political science at washington university st louis is the 2012 addition to the spm fellows continue reading comments off on martin is 2012 inductee fellows of the society for political methodology posted in uncategorized apparently we are an oligarchy now posted on june 15 2012 by jly comments off on apparently we are an oligarchy now actually we ve always been one we re just more so now check out the very interesting story in the nation why elites fail below is an excerpt and related video h t boing boing the dynamic michels identifies applies in an analogous way to our own cherished system of meritocracy in order for it to live up to its ideals a meritocracy must comply with two principles the first is the principle of difference which holds that there is vast differentiation among people in their ability and that we should embrace this natural hierarchy and set ourselves the challenge of matching the hardest working and most talented to the most difficult important and remunerative tasks the second is the principle of mobility over time there must be some continuous competitive selection process that ensures performance is rewarded and failure punished that is the delegation of duties cannot simply be made once and then fixed in place over a career or between generations people must be able to rise and fall along with their accomplishments and failures when a slugger loses his swing he should be benched when a trader loses money his bonus should be cut at the broader social level we hope that the talented children of the poor will ascend to positions of power and prestige while the mediocre sons of the wealthy will not be charged with life and death decisions over time in other words society will have mechanisms that act as a sort of pump constantly ensuring that the talented and hard working are propelled upward while the mediocre trickle downward but this ideal appealing as it may be runs up against the reality of what i ll call the iron law of meritocracy the iron law of meritocracy states that eventually the inequality produced by a meritocratic system will grow large enough to subvert the mechanisms of mobility unequal outcomes make equal opportunity impossible the principle of difference will come to overwhelm the principle of mobility those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them or to selectively lower it down to allow their friends allies and kin to scramble up in other words who says meritocracy says oligarchy comments off on apparently we are an oligarchy now posted in jeff it s a law firm in all of the traditional aspects of the law firm with two major differences it s a nonprofit and it s a teaching law firm posted on june 12 2012 by jly comments off on it s a law firm in all of the traditional aspects of the law firm with two major differences it s a nonprofit and it s a teaching law firm says dean douglas sylvester of the arizona state university college of law the idea is to create a legal residency program similar to the type medical doctors in training go through before practicing medicine the aba journal reports to be operational in 2013 it is expected to hire up to 30 resident lawyers from among its recent graduates they will be supervised by five or six seasoned lawyers hired to work in effect as partners under the current preliminary plan handling a combination of public interest and small client matters the fledgling attorneys would charge low rates for their services as they rotate for up to two years through a series of practice areas learning both how to provide legal services and how to operate a law firm they would be paid salaries and benefits and as with an associate job at a regular law firm they could be fired for poor performance any profit would be used to fund scholarships time will tell whether this works out in practice and i imagine that there are a lot of variables affecting its success how ever that might be measured but it sounds like a very promising development in legal education h t leiter s law school reports comments off on it s a law firm in all of the traditional aspects of the law firm with two major differences it s a nonprofit and it s a teaching law firm posted in jeff guest blogging at prawfs blawg posted on may 29 2012 by jly comments off on guest blogging at prawfs blawg i have been guest blogging at prawfs blawg for the month of may you can find my posts below on the following topics the legal job situation calling yourself doctor nsf funding for political science telecommuting for lawyers robotics and the law obama s campaign using empirical methods legal versus medical education comments off on guest blogging at prawfs blawg posted in jeff ken burns on storytelling posted on may 18 2012 by abwhitford comments off on ken burns on storytelling comments off on ken burns on storytelling posted in andy new insights on student loans posted on april 27 2012 by jly comments off on new insights on student loans i haven t really given much thought to the relative profitability of federal loans for the us government i always assumed that they were just major losses subsidizing the education of the populace it turns out that that may not be the case so says the credit slips blog as student loan debt passed the 1 trillion mark president obama speaking at chapel hill yesterday called the upcoming interest rate hike on student loans a tax he didn t tell the half of it congress dirty secret is that the government makes a huge annual profit on student loans according to the scrupulously nonpartisan congressional budget office 37 billion will flow in to treasury from student loans made this fiscal year at the 3 4 rate on a net present value basis and net of about 1 5 billion to administer them the president s current dispute with congressional republicans is about whether to increase this annual profit next year the interest rate that students pay on the basic subsidized loan is slated to rise from 3 4 this year to 6 8 next year unless the lower rate is extended by congress but how can this be treasury can borrow money at 0 5 or less and lends it to students at 3 4 administrative costs are well below 1 prepayment risk is minimal repayment stretches over many many years and the yield spread just keeps on coming interest rate risk is also minimal given that treasury can issue debt in a range of maturities what about the credit losses you ask while many loans go into default about 10 projected for 2013 loans credit losses are relatively modest the education department assumes it will collect between 75 and 80 of defaulted loans on a discounted npv basis using its supercreditor powers especially wage garnishment and tax refund intercepts there is no statute of limitations on student loans and even bankruptcy discharge is difficult the 37 billion treasury profit for fy2012 is after allowing for estimated credit losses in the 5 billion range check out the rest and the comments here comments off on new insights on student loans posted in jeff internships labor force leverage and the prisoner s dilemma posted on april 25 2012 by jly comments off on internships labor force leverage and the prisoner s dilemma an interesting article on internships appeared in slate recently that echoed my earlier post on this topic here s a sample internships save firms roughly 600 million every year reports ross perlin in intern nation how to earn nothing and learn little in the brave new economy in a recession stricken market employers have little trouble finding bright young things willing to exchange free labor for a foot in the door think of it as a version of the prisoner s dilemma if the intern age population collectively refused to work without pay subsequent conditions would favor all workers but it takes only a few defectors to make unpaid internships intensely profitable for the people involved for the companies that get free labor and the interns who get a leg up in the job market some people have raised the provocative idea that we should require a period of volunteer national service for all young people apparently we already do just not for the public good but rather corporation benefit h t alpg comments off on internships labor force leverage and the prisoner s dilemma posted in law monkey study very revealing posted on april 12 2012 by jly comments off on monkey study very revealing apparently getting on the wrong end of monkey social culture has important genetic implications monkey 1 you are not of the caliber of monkey for us monkey 2 seriously comments off on monkey study very revealing posted in jeff freakonomics and the power of the presidency posted on april 7 2012 by jly comments off on freakonomics and the power of the presidency stephens dubner and levitt provide their take on the power of the president in their most recent podcast here s a glimpse the episode begins with this simple heretical question does the president of the united states really matter as much as we believe and on which dimensions in this new episode you ll hear men from both sides of the aisle donald rumsfeld and austan goolsbee agree quite heartily at least on the topic of the president s influence on the economy you ll also hear steve levitt talk about how president obama let him down also justin wolfers and bernadette meyler talk about how the president s actual influence can be measured the conversations with rumsfeld are particularly interesting they then ask two economists a law professor and a business professor about the power of the presidency i guess all of the political scientists were busy that day comments off on freakonomics and the power of the presidency posted in jeff on the internship situation posted on march 18 2012 by jly comments off on on the internship situation i ve recently come across two articles in the new york times that speak to internship programs and class issues a response in the ethicist provides a nice backdrop on the legality of internships or lack there of in some situations the fair labor standards act requires employers to pay everyone not just official employees but anyone whom they suffer or permit to work purely educational positions are exempt from this requirement but to qualify an internship has to exist for the exclusive benefit of the intern it can t help the employer in any way in fact it s a bonus if it actually impedes the employer s operations plenty of internships that violate employment law might still benefit the intern of course by giving her an inside track in a competitive field even crummy internships have some value a firsthand glimpse of the mailroom may not be the stuff of dreams but it s more informative than no glimpse whatsoever ethicist columnist ariel kaminar then goes on to comment on the underlying class issue that s why whether an individual internship is fun or awful the system as a whole is unethical it reserves those foot in the door opportunities for people who can afford to go without a paycheck that only entrenches the advantages that children of privilege already enjoy further tilting an uneven playing field and it undermines paid employees who have the same interest you do in making sure every worker is fairly compensated you can check out the rest of the reply here also commenting on the internship situation is charles murray to say that murray s work is controversial would be an understatement however he may have found common ground with critics in his op ed article narrowing the new class divide in it he outlines a number of proposals to narrow the divide between the rich an not so rich one of them involves internships for one thing we should get rid of unpaid internships the children of the new upper class hardly ever get real jobs during summer vacation instead they get internships at places like the brookings institution the american enterprise institute where i work or a senator s office it amounts to career assistance for rich smart children those from the middle and working class struggling to pay for college can t afford to work for free internships pave the way for children to move seamlessly from their privileged upbringings to privileged careers without ever holding a job that is boring or physically demanding so let the labor unions win this one if you are not a religious organization and have more than 10 employees the minimum wage law should apply to anyone who shows up for work every day you can find the rest of his proposed reforms here comments off on on the internship situation posted in jeff jason fried on office and work posted on march 11 2012 by jly comments off on jason fried on office and work c0 founder of 37 signals jason fried provides an interesting ted talk on the office environment and productivity comments off on jason fried on office and work posted in andy jeff please please win meow meow meow posted on march 9 2012 by abwhitford comments off on please please win meow meow meow it s major league soccer opening weekend comments off on please please win meow meow meow posted in andy pop culture on career lotteries plan b s and declining reasonable opportunities posted on february 27 2012 by jly comments off on on career lotteries plan b s and declining reasonable opportunities office space is not really about the mailroom per se but it s a great movie the ny times sunday magazine carries an intriguing story by adam davidson why are harvard graduates in the mailroom of course the idea is that the company mailroom is where one goes from low on the ladder to eventually get a shot at big dreams of success this theme is made famous by film and tv but i ve never known anyone who actually worked in one probably because i ve never really lived in a big city such as la or nyc he discusses that which is often not discussed in friendly company employment represents a distinct set of opportunities choices risks and rewards and that s just the start of it there are a number of professions in which workers are paid in part with a figurative lottery ticket the worker accepts a lower paying job in exchange for a slim but real chance of a large future payday and then this system is unfair and arbitrary and often takes advantage of many people who don t really have a shot at the big prize but it is far preferable to the parts of our economy where there are no big prizes waiting that mailroom clerk at warner brothers may make less than a post office clerk maybe even half as much but the latter has less chance of a significant promotion workers in retail sales clerical settings low skill manufacturing and other fields tend to have loose uncommitted bonds to their industries and their employers have even looser commitments to them these jobs don t offer a bright future precisely because they don t require a huge amount of skill and therefore there s no need to do 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