Links

1. Amy J. Binder (sociologist at UC-San Diego) in Washington Monthly: Why Are Harvard Grads Still Flocking to Wall Street?. "Students from elite colleges march off to jobs at the big banks and consulting firms less by choice than because of a rigged recruiting game that the schools themselves have helped to create."

2. Claire Cain Miller at The Upshot: The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus. "A Child Helps Your Career, if You’re a Man".

3. Michael Shermer in SciAm: How the Survivor Bias Distorts Reality.

4. Richard Harris in NPR: When Scientists Give Up.

   Ian Glomski thought he was going to make a difference in the fight to protect people from deadly anthrax germs. He had done everything right — attended one top university, landed an assistant professorship at another.

   But Glomski ran head-on into an unpleasant reality: These days, the scramble for money to conduct research has become stultifying.

   So, he's giving up on science. And he's not alone.