Are Chief Executives Overpaid?
Author | : Deborah Hargreaves |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2018-11-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781509527830 |
ISBN-13 | : 1509527834 |
Rating | : 4/5 (834 Downloads) |
Download or read book Are Chief Executives Overpaid? written by Deborah Hargreaves and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wages for the majority have been stagnant for decades, but a lucky few have enjoyed a pay bonanza. Top company bosses take home in several days as much as most people earn in a whole year. In this hard-hitting book, Deborah Hargreaves explains why pay for the top 0.1% has sky-rocketed in the past 20 years. She gives a devastating account of how it has created a vicious circle that destabilizes our economy and undermines social cohesion, demolishing the twisted logic of the chief executives who say: ‘I’m worth it’, when that means raking in £70m a year. A rigorous exposé of the dysfunctional nature of our ‘winner-takes-all’ economy, this book debunks the myths behind top pay and examines a range of pragmatic solutions.