Executive Pay
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.
Watch Out Wall Street, Here Come the Dutch!
All the big banks in the Netherlands, pressed on by the Dutch finance minister, have agreed on a serious plan to restrain banker bonuses. And now the Dutch want the rest of the world to sign on.
The Executive Pay Bubble: A New Appraisal
Top execs in high finance, says the Institute for Policy Studies, have turned hard times — for the American people — into a springboard for still another round of unconscionably huge pay windfalls.
The Most Promising Push Yet for a Maximum Wage
Across the pond, in the UK, the idea of capping income is suddenly starting to make a respectable splash.
Wading Outside the CEO Pay Reform Mainstream
To be effective, the lead executive pay reformer in Congress is now understanding, executive pay reform needs to go well beyond empowering shareholders.
Making Wall Street Safe for Windfalls
Remember that $500,000 pay cap for bailed-out banking executives the White House announced back in February? Under Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s new rules for bailout pay, that maximum has become a minimum.
Cap and Save
To rescue the global economy from reckless power suits, we just may need a ‘maximum wage.’ So say Australia’s top labor leaders and a daring cohort of MPs in the UK.
Back in the Wall Street Saddle Again
The awesomely affluent of high finance, if current trends continue, seem almost certain to survive the mess they’ve created — with their wealth and power largely intact. And Treasury and Congress don’t appear to really mind.
The ‘Risky’ Business in America’s Executive Suites
American workers get killed on the job, or badly injured, with a frightening frequency. CEOs have little reason to worry. So why are corporations rewarding CEOs so lavishly for ‘taking risks’?
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