Executive Pay
Why Almost Anybody Can Be a CEO
The takeaway from the latest top gun flame-out at Hewlett-Packard: Chief executive ’success,’ in America today, essentially demands no more than greed and a developmentally arrested ego.
Our Myopia Around the Mighty
Over half of America has already felt the Great Recession, personally and profoundly. Yet life at our economy’s summit remains ever so sweet. That’s a bitter reality we really ought to start confronting.
Another Gangbuster Year for CEO Pay
Don’t be fooled by all the poor-mouthing around the latest annual executive pay surveys. With Washington dithering on CEO pay reform, America’s chief executives still have plenty of reason to celebrate.
A Biblical Case for Capping Executive Pay
A broad swatch of mainstream religious leaders, across the Atlantic, now want to see top executive compensation tied to a fixed multiple of what companies pay their lowest-paid workers.
At Davos 2010, Tough Talk on Greed
Labor leaders at last week’s Alpine assembling of global bankers and CEOs came with a simple pledge: We’re going to fight to cap your pay.
Wall Street’s Bonus Binge in Perspective
A relative handful of Americans, a key congressional panel forecasts, will take home more this year than half the nation’s taxpayers combined.
The Executive Pay Scorecard for 2008
This Too Much table compares the various media surveys released in 2009 on CEO pay for 2008.
Wall Street's Favorite Meltdown Myth Bites the Dust
But Wall Street’s mainstream critics still can’t bring themselves to challenge the top executive ‘right’ to reap enormous riches.
The Pay Czar's Pay Cut Ruling: The Hype, the Hoax
The White House pay czar isn’t reforming Wall Street. He’s cutting deals with it. We need to understand the difference.
Banker Bonus Bingo: Every Card's a Winner
Can excess on Wall Street ever be ended? Maybe. Some lawmakers in France have a plan that could end it.
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