Do you know that he hasn't advocated for better pay/working conditions? Professors run the full gamut of opinion on this issue. Without knowing him, I would thi

Do you know that he hasn't advocated for better pay/working conditions? Professors run the full gamut of opinion on this issue. Without knowing him, I would think it difficult to know his stance. As far as slapping his name on their hard work, it's a symbiotic relationship. He works with his grad students individually on their research: guiding them away from dead-end areas, provoking them to dig into certain areas while providing references as starting points, helping them with the fine points of writing up their research, and using his contacts and reputation to secure academic positions when they graduate. In turn, yes, his name goes first on some papers. If he did nothing to help them, I'd say they have a legitimate gripe. In his case, he's available to them all the time. "So basically, the principles of economics upset him, but he understands them." The "principles of economics" are not the issue. His program is sought after, so he had to turn someone down in order to fund the person who decided to leave. Yes, it upsets him.