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CEO pay, corporate profits, and our paychecks

As a follow-up to this post on the Bush economy, here’s some information on CEO pay (h/t: Ezra Klein at American Prospect): “while CEO pay rose 298.2% by 2005, and corporate profits by 106.7%, the average worker pay has only risen by 4.3%.” Here’s the graph:

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298%, 106%, and 4%...cui bono?

Posted by cognitivedissident on April 10, 2007 4:28 PM |

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