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The global economic collapse, says the first in-depth survey of grand fortune since last September, has left the world's wealth just as intensely concentrated as ever.
Behind every defective U.S. private enterprise, suggests a surprising new report from inside Corporate America, sits a top executive effective at grabbing for windfalls.
Remember that $500,000 pay cap for bailed-out banking execs the White House announced in February? Under Treasury Secretary Geithner’s new rules for bailout pay, that max has become a minimum.
To rescue the global economy from reckless power suits, we just may need a 'maximum wage.' So say Australia’s top labor leaders and a fairly daring cohort of MPs in the UK.
The awesomely affluent of high finance, if current trends continue, seem almost certain to survive the mess they've created — with their wealth and power largely intact. And Treasury and Congress don't appear to really mind.
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