Paychecks for CEOs Climb
Wall Street Journal / Joann Lublin
14-Nov-2010 (one comment)

At these 456 companies, the median pretax value of CEO salaries, bonuses and
long-term incentives, such as grants of stock and stock options, rose by 3% to
$7.23 million,

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Unlevel Playing Field

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An average pay for the CEO’s according to this report is $7,230,000. To put it perspective, this number is about 186 times the per capita income of this country. A clear indication the playing field is tilted appallingly in favor of the big guys and the loss of economic power of middle class. The more money goes into the hands of the richest, the bigger is the probability of another economic crisis in the future.