CEOs Call for Wage Increases for Workers! What’s the Catch?

By Jim Hightower Aug 28, 2015 Their big idea to solve income inequality isn't anything new. As Lily Tomlin said, "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay

Robert Reich / Truthdig Aug 10, 2015 The Securities and Exchange Commission just ruled that large publicly held corporations must disclose the ratios of their top executives' pay to the average pay of their workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Whole Foods Co-CEOs’ Mea Culpa: ‘We Made Some Mistakes’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 2, 2015 Now that Whole Foods' tag-team CEOs Walter Robb and John Mackey have admitted that "inadvertent" mistakes were made in raising prices on products in New York City stores, it remains to be seen whether consumers will buy their explanation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

CEO Pay at Top U.S. Companies Up 54 Percent Since Start of Recovery

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 25, 2015 The average American worker would have to toil for about five weeks, with no days off, to earn what a CEO makes in an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CEO Pay Rose at Twice the Rate of Workers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 7, 2014 Experts suggest there's no better time to be a top-level corporate executive as the median income of CEOs of S&P 500 companies reached $10.1 million at the end of 2013. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CEO Pay

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Were Top Corporate Executives Really Hogging Workers’ Wages?

By Andrew Kliman Sep 18, 2014 Thomas Piketty attributes rising inequality in the U.S. primarily to huge increases in the salaries of CEOs and other top executives, but he misinterprets the evidence. Rising salaries of top executives actually explain very little of the rise in inequality, and they depressed other employees’ pay by only a negligible amount. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Harvard Business School’s Role in Widening Inequality

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 13, 2014 No institution is more responsible for educating the CEOs of American corporations than Harvard Business School. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

My Dinner With the 1 Percent

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 "Why don't you simply do what other rich folks do? Hide your money offshore so you don't have to pay any taxes." Laughter erupted at the table at my sarcastic comment and my question remained unanswered. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Highest-Paid CEOs Are the Worst Performers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2014 Extensive new research shows that "across the board, the more CEOs get paid, the worse their companies do over the next three years," Forbes contributor Susan Adams writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Apparel Cuts Controversial Founder Dov Charney Out of His Company

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2014 There was a time, around a decade ago, when American Apparel's brand seemed to be enhanced, at least on the business side, by the pervy sensibility of its founder and charismatic leader, Dov Charney. Those days have apparently passed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GM Fires 15 Over Ignition Scandal but Says ‘No Cover-Up’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2014 General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said Thursday that the company had fired 15 mostly senior executives over the deadly ignition scandal that has placed the automaker under federal investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )