"Today, the PMC as a distinct class seems to be endangered. At the top end, exorbitant compensation
and bonuses have turned managers into corporate owners. At the bottom, journalists have been
laid o , recent PhDs have gone to work as part-time, temporary adjuncts rather than tenure-track
professors, and those now iconic recent graduates have taken to the streets. In the middle, lawyers
and doctors are more and more likely to work for corporations rather than in private practices. Once
independent professionals, they are now employees."