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<p>Drab, I think we can all agree that there isn’t a person in the world who doesn’t want more money. After all, who has ever heard of somebody wishing that they got paid less? </p>
<p>However, it is a fair point that there is an issue of correlation and causation here. But it’s not as serious as you seem. After all, you say that people who really want more money will tend to choose business or engineering. True. But then you have to ask why are they choosing business or engineering in the first place? The answer is because these fields have a long-standing reputation for paying relatively well. If Peace and Conflict Studies were to develop a reputation for paying very well, then a lot of people would choose to major in that just for the money.</p>
<p>The point is, reputations don’t just happen ‘magically’. They are developed over a long period of time. You may say that money-grubbers have heard that majoring in Haas pays well, so they go to Haas, and they make a lot of money, further reinforcing the Haas reputation for good pay. True. It’s a snowballing effect. But something had to get the snowball started on day 1.</p>