Are Chief Executives Overpaid?

By Deborah Hargreaves

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509527796
• ISBN13: 9781509527793
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"