A committee set up by John D. Rockefeller and his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., decided that the artworks there should have a unifying theme, New Frontiers, encompassing aspects of a modern society: science, labor, education, travel, communication, humanitarianism, finance and spirituality.
The science labor market would almost certainly repeat the disastrous crash that followed the end of the doubling.
Two events inspired these ruminations: a widely noted and controversial article by four scientific luminaries and a scholarly conference of science labor force experts.
A sound science labor policy will emerge only if policymakers take heed of the realities in the universe where scientists actually live and then take care not to adopt policies that will make matters worse.
Actual experts on the science labor force, however, see quite different possibilities: a financial bonanza for universities, economic benefits for employers, and even harder times ahead for STEM workers, who are already struggling.
Boom, Bust, and the Global Race for Scientific Talent, by preeminent science labor market expert Michael S. Teitelbaum, brings desperately needed clarity and context to a crucial issue: the nation's much-ballyhooed but essentially fictitious "shortage" of scientific talent.
