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When CEO pay exploded (update)

2025-09-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·22m 49s ·by NPR
When CEO pay exploded (update)
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About this episode

(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016 .) It’s no secret that CEOs get paid a ton – and a ton more than the average worker. More than a hundred times than what their average employee makes. But it wasn’t always this way. So, how did this gap get so vast? And why? On today’s episode