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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least with law, you can make money on your own, if nothing else. Passing the Bar allows you to "practice law," job or no job, if you can get clients. Not the same with a PhD in political science.

I earned a MA at no cost and received a stipend.  Went to law school at what DCUM would call a "lower tier" law school and did not pay a ton for that, either. I guess you could say that I lost 5 earning years, but not sure how much I realistically would have earned with just an undergrad degree.[/quote]

You can "practice history" without being an academic or indeed without even having a PhD in history. Most of the best history in recent decades is written by non-academics, not least because they don't have to cater to the latest tedious academic fads. Writing that history won't be your day job, though.

I have a PhD but my coworkers just have MAs and no doubt I could have gotten by with just an MA. One of my coworkers quit in order to get a PhD, and what a mistake that was. Six years of lost income, and no academic job at the end of it. I tried to warn him but he wouldn't listen.[/quote]

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