Tag: CEOs
CEOs promise to protect us from… CEOs?
Nearly 200 CEOs signed a letter admitting businesses have behaved badly but offering zero promises to do better.
Can business put people before profits?
Gordon Gekko found religion last week. Gekko, the lead in the 1987 movie “Wall Street” about capitalism gone corruptly amok, is most...
‘This is not sustainable:’ Analysis shows massive gap between CEO and...
Compensation for CEOs is growing at double the pace of ordinary workers'.
Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?
Corporate boards simply play by market rules. If they don’t, they risk losing their executive talent.
Why CEOs are turning on Trump
What’s been moving them to action is they don’t like the effects of the hatefulness on business.
There’s no good reason for your boss to make 347 times...
Unlike movie stars and athletes, skyrocketing pay for CEOs has nothing to do with markets.
Companies can either make things or make CEOs rich
Making breakthroughs for consumers is hard, companies have found. But making fortunes for CEOs is easy.
CEOs now make 300 times more than their workers. This city...
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.
The charities making inequality worse
A growing number of executives at America’s ‘do-good’ nonprofits are doing much too good – for themselves – at paycheck time.
Historic CEO pay tax passes in Portland
The Oregon city has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations with extreme gaps between their CEO and worker pay.
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What’s wrong with the republicans?
Fruits of the twin roots of evil: Slavery and imperial expansion.
Malignant normality silently takes hold in America
The national media should free itself from this president’s constant demand for exposure and attention.
Sweden provides free higher education, universal healthcare, free daycare — why can’t the U.S.?
In Sweden, healthcare costs are largely subsided by the state. Daycare and preschool programs are mostly free. College and university are free. Public transportation is subsidized for many users.
The bee is officially on the verge of extinction
With our own health and well-being directly linked to these insects, we have to make it a priority to ensure the bee population's survival.
Bernie Sanders becomes the first presidential candidate to visit the Comanche Nation in over...
"The pain, the lies, and the broken treaties that have fallen upon the American Indian people has got to end."