517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?
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🗓️ 6 October 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Stephen Dupner. |
| 0:05.4 | Before we get to this episode, I'd like to say a couple words about another episode |
| 0:08.9 | we recently put out. |
| 0:10.1 | It was called Nuclear Power, isn't perfect, is it good enough? |
| 0:13.6 | At the end of that episode, we asked for your feedback and we received a lot of feedback |
| 0:19.0 | on both sides of the ledger. |
| 0:21.6 | The biggest complaint from the anti-nuclear listeners was that we didn't spend nearly |
| 0:26.2 | enough time talking about nuclear waste storage and safety. |
| 0:30.7 | Also they wanted to hear about how uranium is mined. |
| 0:35.0 | Some pro-nuclear listeners also wanted to know more about nuclear waste storage, but they |
| 0:40.0 | thought we should have pointed to the positive developments in that realm and how some radioactive |
| 0:44.8 | waste is now being recycled into fuel for further power generation. |
| 0:49.8 | And there was a lot more we could have said about newer nuclear technologies or even the |
| 0:54.1 | possibilities of generating electricity from nuclear fusion. |
| 0:58.4 | The fact is, we could have made two or three episodes on this topic and maybe we should |
| 1:03.2 | have, maybe we will. |
| 1:05.2 | To all of you who took the time to let us know where we could have done better, thank you. |
| 1:10.5 | We love your high standards and we try to live up to them. |
| 1:13.8 | As always, thanks for listening, but thanks especially for letting us know what you were |
| 1:18.4 | thinking while you listened. |
| 1:20.5 | And now on to today's episode. |
| 1:28.4 | Many of my students and many of my friends teach at business schools and the reaction I |
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