As Fed Pushes to ‘Get Wages Down,’ Study Shows CEO Pay Has Soared by 1,460% Since 1978

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/04/fed-pushes-get-wages-down-study-shows-ceo-pay-has-soared-1460-1978 Ordinary workers, by contrast, saw their pay rise just 18.1% in the 43 years between 1978 and 2021, a new analysis finds. JAKE JOHNSON October 4, 2022 An analysis published Tuesday shows that the top executives of the … Continued

Wage Inequality—Most Gains Have Gone to Top 10% of Workers

From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Wage inequality is on the rise. This is according to a new report by EPI’s Elise Gould, which analyzes wage trends between 2000 and 2018. According to Gould’s research, since the start of the … Continued

For Minimum Decency, A Maximum Wage

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/04/minimum-decency-maximum-wage Published on Monday, June 04, 2018 by Inequality.org Amid rising inequality, a new book argues, the notion of capping income has suddenly become politically plausible. By Sam Pizzigati “Income and wealth have concentrated to a degree unimaginable … Continued