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Local Oil Man Gets 50% Raise. Makes $36 Million
Typically, I wouldn't go out of my way to call out CEO compensation, where "out of my way" means highlighting examples of exorbitant executive pay outside of some broader socioeconomic discussion.
To be sure, I've broached the subject in these pages on too many occasions to count over the years, but typically I use aggregates (e.g., the ratio of CEO to worker compensation) to make big-picture points about what I view as deleterious societal trends.
However, given the unfortunate geopolitical c
Agree – someone is going to make lots of money on fossil fuels for the short/medium term, better that it be domestic E&P companies than Saudi. Better for US tax revenue, employment, geopolitical position.