Article author here. I do indeed work in an economics department. I admit that my sentiment was a bit tongue-in-cheek, because the chance of the discipline supp

Article author here. I do indeed work in an economics department. I admit that my sentiment was a bit tongue-in-cheek, because the chance of the discipline supporting this idea seems... low. But I do worry about the effect of very high salaries for "big shots", and I take seriously the risk that we attract people with the wrong mindset.