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thenewgreen  ·  4561 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Second Gilded Age
The following paragraph really stood out to me:

"Still, that's nothing compared to the trend in executives' salaries. In 1980, American CEOs earned 42 times more than the average employee. Today, that figure has skyrocketed to more than 300 times. Last year, 25 of the country's highest-paid CEOs earned more than their companies paid in taxes".

I think 42 times the average employees income seems excessive, yet alone 300!