Apparently without any sense of irony....The true irony is you calling it "liberal". This is just corporate behavior.
Income Inequality Institute Will Pay Paul Krugman $25,000 Per Month
http://gawker.com/income-inequality-...5-0-1563245534
Among the highlights:
"Along with the offer letter, CUNY released dozens of emails between Krugman and university officials. “Perhaps I’m being premature or forward,” the Graduate Center’s President, Chase Robinson, tells Krugman in one of them, “but I wanted you to have no doubt that we can provide not just a platform for public interventions and a stimulating academic community*—especially, as you will know, because of our investments in the study of inequality—but also a relatively comfortable perch.”
Which is undeniably true: $225,000 is more than quadruple New York City’s median household income." Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer
This is the same type of sweetheart deal that directors or other board members get by adding their name to the board of directors or letter head.