Ivy League Ignorance

I've written before on the subject of the academy and governance.  Here is an article that elaborates on the theme of experience versus theory.  Of particular interest is the study conducted by a McGill U. researcher interested in discovering the success ratio of MBA graduates as CEOs.  He found that of a group of 20 MBAs with the title of CEO, 15 were failures or mostly failures and 5 were "successful".  The chart in the article showing the number of academics vs. real world members of various administrations, both republican and democrat, shows the Obama Admin with by far the most academics and fewest real world types running things in Washington.  Is it any wonder there exists a massive disconnect between the "rulers" and the "ruled" in today's politics?

In a related commentary by John Zeigler here,  is the results of Zogby and Pew polls to determine what the voters in the last election actually "knew" about issues before or after they acually voted.  These are highly disturbing findings because they support the strategy of the Obama campaign''s vacuous pitch of "Hope and Change" and the effectiveness of the hapless media coverage of the candidate himself.  Regrettably it appears the American public, or at least about 60% of the public, are ill-informed and vote largely on the basis of the presentation or impression made by the candidate and the presentation of the candidate by the media.  Now we know why Obama won.