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BusinessFriday 06.11.21

Is CEO Pay Too Damn High?

In 2020, the biggest U.S. companies paid their median CEO $13.4 million, and their median worker $72,556. A ratio of 185-to-1. Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a tax penalty for any pay ratio above 50-to-1.

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