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"I've thought quite a lot about it since then. This prodding of my conscience," he says. "That is what he's done for the economics profession--
Meislin entered journalism in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, at a time of renewed interest in the profession. As Bob Woodward and Richard Bernstein gradually pulled down an embattled presidential administration, they also inspired rising journalists, demonstrating the powerful ways in which they could affect the world.
Demakis says he found his motivation early on. He credits his family for his interest in public service, though he suspects that politics is not the profession they would have chosen for him.
"It made me a feminist before my time...any woman who chose a profession became a feminist before Betty Friedan ever thought about the subject," she concludes.
"There are loopholes whereby you can get hired in many districts where there are real shortages," explains Robert Dale Ballou, a University of Massachusetts economist who focuses on the teaching profession. "The unions and the schools of education don't like the loopholes, but they exist because districts need teachers...