Mastodawn

Robert Reich May 3, 2024

From 1978 to 2022, CEO pay grew by 1,209% while the typical worker's pay rose just 15%.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of average workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable than before.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

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enoch_exe_inc

@rbreich Well, that’s capitalism working as intended. Poverty and inequality of wealth is not a mistake of the system, but by design. What would it even mean to be wealthy unless countless others were poor? There’s no fixing this without changing the entire system.