I believe that most economists would shake their
>heads sadly and observe that persons who deliberately and out
>of free choice _choose_ to enter and remain in employment
>sectors where they know - or should know - that compensation has
>been low, is low, and will doubtless continue to be low, are
>simply acting economically irrationally.

From my limited contact with economics, the "economically rational man"
theory as well as  all other. "all else being equal or of negligent effect"
theories that lead to (and have led to) such atrocities as supply-side
economics have no basis in reality.  This is why I did not do well in
economics.

Julia Moore