CEOs: economic aristocracy turned political punching bags
"Prosperity can't be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers." - Hillary Clinton
IT seems inevitable that the unfolding presidential campaign will also become a referendum on American capitalism and, in turn, that capitalism will be defined in part by lofty executive pay. This makes CEOs among capitalism's worst advocates. They have constituted themselves as a new economic aristocracy, but in the process they've become an engine of inequality and sacrificed much public trust.
Lavish CEO pay is no secret. Reviewing the largest 350 firms, Lawrence Mishel and Alyssa Davis of the …
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