I don't doubt that you hear a lot of people with opinions on these subjects, but I don't think that's a very good indicator of what people want to do. How many of them do you see really trying to get Ben Bernanke's job?
How many of the folks that you see posting here about how they'd rather do thinking-type professions are actively trying to get Ben Bernanke's job? ;-)
My point is that if you took out all the barriers to entry, walked up to someone, and said, "Hey, we want you to control the economy. Seriously. No, there are no strings attached. We want you for the job," I bet most of them would take it. The reason you don't see people actively trying for this job is because there are lots of hurdles in the way. After all, we want the people who do the thinking jobs to have proven themselves first, so we know that they're not just spouting off nonsense.
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I don't doubt that you hear a lot of people with opinions on these subjects, but I don't think that's a very good indicator of what people want to do. How many of them do you see really trying to get Ben Bernanke's job?
How many of the folks that you see posting here about how they'd rather do thinking-type professions are actively trying to get Ben Bernanke's job? ;-)
My point is that if you took out all the barriers to entry, walked up to someone, and said, "Hey, we want you to control the economy. Seriously. No, there are no strings attached. We want you for the job," I bet most of them would take it. The reason you don't see people actively trying for this job is because there are lots of hurdles in the way. After all, we want the people who do the thinking jobs to have proven themselves first, so we know that they're not just spouting off nonsense.