Companies run by more highly paid CEOs don’t do any better or worse than companies run by less highly paid CEOs, but as CEO pay has risen over time the pay of ordinary workers has fallen.
Australia's Globalization Expert
Companies run by more highly paid CEOs don’t do any better or worse than companies run by less highly paid CEOs, but as CEO pay has risen over time the pay of ordinary workers has fallen.
Medicare is in good shape for the foreseeable future – it’s not time to hit the panic button just yet.
On the eve of the release of the annual CEO pay survey reports, a look at the causes and consequences of chief executive pay spirals.
With austerity measures, long-term investments in society’s future are sacrificed for short-term savings in government spending.
Corporate political activities, such as campaign spending, have a significantly positive effect on company performance measured using return on investment, return on assets and government-derived revenues.
Total US national income per person has more than doubled over the past forty years (adjusting for inflation). Why then have incomes for most Americans been stagnant or falling? Why do American families now need two incomes to have the standard of living they used to have with just one?
While the economy has taken off, jobs and wages are still below 2008 levels. Economic growth is feeding into corporate profits and CEO pay, not into ordinary people’s paychecks.
How can it be that the typical American adult makes just $26,134 when America is the richest nation on Earth? The answer is that a few high-income Americans gain the lion’s share of America’s national income.