I don't think that it is possible to know such things for sure. The published data show that there are such people, very few. Even if somebody has a salary >200K, it does not mean that the salary was doubled after the Fields medal, or at any particular moment.
Anyhow, Faddeev statement has no basis in reality. Perhaps, he regrets that his salary wasn't doubled after his 2002 talk. Rather strange talk, actually - nothing really new or interesting. Some people are invited definitely on the basis of political considerations. A pessimistic estimate is that half of the talks goes to undeserving people. I myself believe that it substantially less than half. :)
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Date: 2006-10-17 02:45 am (UTC)Anyhow, Faddeev statement has no basis in reality. Perhaps, he regrets that his salary wasn't doubled after his 2002 talk. Rather strange talk, actually - nothing really new or interesting. Some people are invited definitely on the basis of political considerations. A pessimistic estimate is that half of the talks goes to undeserving people. I myself believe that it substantially less than half. :)