Executive Excess 2008: How Average Taxpayers Subsidize Runaway Pay
This 15th annual report calculates the annual cost of tax loopholes that encourage excessive executive pay.
Don’t Let Corporations Off the Tax Hook
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize corporate tax dodgers or bloated CEO salaries.
Politicians Talk Tough About Obscene Executive Pay, But Where Are the Fixes?
Obama and McCain are both taking whacks at overpaid CEOs, but their solutions fall short.
Despite Failures, CEOs Cash In
The problem of excessive pay is not being fixed, even for the top executives of companies in distress.
Are Corporate Titans Really Worth the Billions They Suck In?
Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than the labor of other leaders?
Are CEOs worth that much more?
The huge pay gap only makes sense if CEOs add hundreds of times more value than other leaders in society.
Executive Excess 2007
IPS’ 14th Annual CEO Compensation Survey on The Staggering Social Cost of U.S. Business Leadership.
Despite the Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Funders Are Still Raking It In
The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.
Executive Pay Debate Raging in Europe and the United States
The CEO-worker pay gap is finally getting some high-profile attention from Presidential candidates. But lawmakers still aren’t doing nearly enough to tackle the gap.
Selfish Interest
How much Business Roundtable CEOs stand to lose from real reform of runaway executive pay.
Emphasis Should Be On Shared Sacrifice, Not Personal Gain
When it comes to war profiteering everyone should be outraged.
Executive Excess 2006
Defense and oil executives cash in on conflict.
Top Defense CEOs Cashing In On The War?
“I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world disaster.”
Executive Excess 2005
Defense contractors get more bucks for the bang.
Executive Excess 2004
Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing,
Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay