This chart shows that U.S. CEO compensation is about double Australia or northern Europe when stock options are included. Yet, US firms’ investment, productivity, and wage growth is weak. Never has so much been earned by so many for such little performance. U.S....
This chart based on US Government data that shows productivity growth slowed by one-third, to less than 2 % after 1979. The reason? CEOs switched focus to spiking earnings by cutting R&D, cutting investment, and compressing wages. Investment fell and so did...
