Re: Faculty salaries

Anthony Davies (adavies@altavista.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:12:40 -0400

>> Excess supply is a disequilibrium. I don't observe a significant number
of
>> unemployed teachers. Perhaps supply is greater than what those of us in
>> acedmia would like, but this does not make the supply excess.

Herbert Gintis says

> Excess supply is not a disequilibrium in markets where complete contracts
> cannot be written and costlessly enforced.

But this is true for all labor markets. I take it as a given that we are
speaking in relative terms. That is, "significant number of unemployed
teachers" means "in relation to other job markets". Didn't mean to force a
neo-classical outlook on you, Herb.

Anthony Davies