Then he competed to get into stanford law school .

然后，他通过竞争进入了斯坦福法学院。

But then he competed to get a supreme court clerkship .

但再然后，他参与竞争，希望成为最高法院里的职员。

Then for 40 years they competed on opposite sides of a line .

在此后的40年时间里，它们在分隔线的两侧互相竞争。

Then he competed to become a clerk for a federal judge .

然后，他通过竞争成为了一个联邦法官手下的职员。

Why , then , are the spiralling rewards not competed away by would-be entrants ?

那么，为什么尝试进入者的竞争，没能抑制报酬的不断上升？