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Making More Today Than a Year Ago
Averages don’t tell the whole story
J im H ightower
feet. S im ilarly, w hile av er­
G ood
n ew s,
age w orkers are trying to
p e o p le : A m e ric a 's
decide how to spend those
w ages are up — the
ex tra five dim es, a nickel,
a v e ra g e w o rk e r is
and three pennies they're
m aking m ore today
getting each w eek, y o u r
than a y ear ago! H ow
a v erag e c h ie f e x e c u tiv e
m uch m ore, you ask? G et ready o fficer is w allow ing in an ex tra
to be excited: 58 cents a w eek. $ 8 6 0 ,(XX) per year.
O f course, averages don't tell
T h at'sju st the increase in th eir
the w hole story.
bonuses. It doesn't include th eir
E c o n o m is t J o h n K e n n e th multimillion-dollar salaries, which
G albraith explained the problem are also up. N or does it include
o f averages w ith a story about a their golden pensions, free health
six-foot tall m an w ho drow ned care, lim ousines, o r corporate
w hen w ading across a stream jets.
w ith an average depth o f three
As you m ight im agine, m any
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corp o rate ch ieftain s did m uch
b etter than average in th eir b o ­
nus checks. T ake R obert Iger o f
W alt D isney, Inc. He pocketed
a bonus o f $ 13.5 m illion in 2010,
a 45 percen t boost from one
y ear earlier.
W e ll, e x p la in e d his p u b lic
re la tio n s a g e n t, b o n u se s p ro ­
v id e in c e n tiv e s fo r e x c e lle n t
e x e c u tiv e p e rfo rm a n c e , a n d
Ig er d e se rv e s his ric h e s th is
y e a r b e c a u se D isn e y 's la test
a n n u al p ro fits are up by 24
p e rc e n t. S w ell, b u t w hy is his
in c re a se d o u b le the in c re a se in
p ro fits ? A n d , by the w ay , if his
a n n u a l sa la ry is $2 m illio n —
w h y d o e s he n eed an y e x tra
in c e n tiv e to d o h is jo b ?
O ne m ore question: D oes Iger
really think that he alone p ro ­
d u ced D isney's rise in profits?
N o tice th a t the a n im a to rs,
p e rfo rm e rs , an d o th e r h a rd ­
w o rk in g e m p lo y e e s at D isn ey
W o rld an d D isn e y S tu d io s g o t
no 45 p e rc e n t in c re a se in th e ir
p ay .
N o one goes to D isney W orld
to see R obert Iger. If he w ants
bonus m oney, tell him to put on a
M ickey M ouse costum e in the
w ilting heat o f F lorida's sum m er
and earn it.
dim Hightower is a radio
commentator, writer, and pub­
lic speaker
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