August 2007
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Notes
1John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, edited Roger Woolhouse (London: Penguin, 1997), Chapter XXI, 50–51, 244.
2Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “Scaring Us Senseless,” New York Times, July 24, 2005.
3Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy (New York: Viking, 2005).
4Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912, Chapter 1, para. xvi.
5Ben White and Carrie Johnson, “Executives Cash In Regardless of Performance,” Washington Post, March 22, 2005, E01.
6Loren Steffy, “Oh, to Be a Failed CEO and Reap the Big Bucks,” Houston Chronicle, March 30, 2005. See also Executive Excess 2006—13th Annual CEO Compensation Survey, Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh—Institute for Policy Studies; Chuck Collins, Eric Benjamin—United for a Fair Economy, ed. Sam Pizzigati, August 30, 2006, p. 30, www.faireconomy.org/reports/2006/ExecutiveExcess2006.pdf. See also Executive Excess 2005—12th Annual CEO Compensation Survey, Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh—Institute for Policy Studies; Scott Klinger, Liz Stanton—United for Peace and Justice, August 30, 2005, p. 1, http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2005/EE2005.pdf. In 2004 the CEO‐to‐worker pay ratio reached 431:1.
7Executive Excess—12th Annual Survey, ibid., 20.
8Executive Excess—13th Annual Survey, op. cit, 5–6, 10–11. Defense contractors enjoyed average pay levels that are double the amounts they received during the four years leading up to 9/11. Their average compensation jumped from $3.6 million during the pre‐9/11 period of 1998–2001 ...
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