tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post8685119457926351604..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Yes, but how do I spend it?tetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-9711498797428555122009-10-04T14:11:11.787-04:002009-10-04T14:11:11.787-04:00And I just re-read this and saw youmade that point...And I just re-read this and saw youmade that point. Sorry!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-29970213699250879232009-10-04T14:10:23.676-04:002009-10-04T14:10:23.676-04:00It's also kind of difficult to demand that peo...It's also kind of difficult to demand that people give others prestige. See: high school teachers.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-44600048291095885952009-10-03T18:24:16.855-04:002009-10-03T18:24:16.855-04:00I understood Ms. McArdle's $60K figure to be a...I understood Ms. McArdle's $60K figure to be a toss-out. But Mr. Google reveals she isn't all that far off.<br /><br />MDsalaries sez: In 2007, yearly salaries were <a href="http://mdsalaries.blogspot.com/2008/05/doctor-salaries-in-sweden.html" rel="nofollow">SEK 660,000 or US$84,500 for men, SEK 580,800 or US$74,400 for women.</a> It also mentions that there is a 50% tax rate on this income, and physicians are the highest earning profession in Sweden! This is consistent with information provided about <a href="http://portal.iefp.pt/pls/gov_portal_iefp/docs/PAGE/EURES/EURES_PAG_PORTUGUES/VIVER_TRABALHAR/SWEDEN.PDF" rel="nofollow">living and working in Sweden</a> elsewhere.<br /><br />I think the researchers in Big Pharma who spend years getting that biochem Ph.D. would make exactly the same argument as you do about the ability of increased prestige to substitute for moolah. In fact, I don't see anyone in the healthcare industry that feels overpaid, or even ready to take a double digit pay cut for the team.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.com