From 372c0b281521760cd51ce995acb4a82bf31bba4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 17:11:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Create executive_pay.md --- wealth_inequality/executive_pay.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wealth_inequality/executive_pay.md diff --git a/wealth_inequality/executive_pay.md b/wealth_inequality/executive_pay.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cbd64a --- /dev/null +++ b/wealth_inequality/executive_pay.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +## Executive Pay + +#### CEOs make up the richest of the rich and earn hundreds of times more than their workers + +* [Economic Policy Institute: Mishel and Davis 15](https://www.epi.org/publication/top-ceos-make-300-times-more-than-workers-pay-growth-surpasses-market-gains-and-the-rest-of-the-0-1-percent/) + * Top CEOs make more than **300 times** that of the average worker +* [Inequality.org](https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/) + * CEO Pay Gap **increases drastically** + * Corporate executives head about two-thirds of America’s richest 1 percent of households. + * While not as high as the gap in top companies, most corporations have still seen handsome increases in their executive-to-worker pay gap + +