<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishUkifikiria jinsi uchumi unavyocheza jukumu kubwa katika mjadala wetu wa kitaifa - na jinsi majadiliano mengi ya umma ya uchumi yanavyotawaliwa na wachafu na wachafu - kuona mtaalamu wa uchumi mzito kama Barrow akipewa kile ambacho bado ni, kwa viwango vya sekta binafsi, mshahara wa kiasi haionekani kuwa mbali sana.  <response>: When you consider how large a role economics plays in our national debate--and how much of the public discussion of economics is dominated by cranks and poseurs--seeing a serious economist like Barro get offered what is still, by private sector standards, a fairly modest paycheck doesnt seem particularly out of line. 