John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian economist and author.

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"The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself."^[1]

Simple: The money that the leader of a big company gets is not a payment by the system for good things the leader did. It is often a loving gift from the person to himself.

References

↑ The Ottawa Citizen, (January 26, 2007), page F9.

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John Kenneth Galbraith on the English Wikipedia

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[1] The Ottawa Citizen, (January 26, 2007), page F9.

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